Sunday, August 12, 2012

>Criniger calurus (Red-tailed Greenbul)

Red-tailed Greenbul



Red-tailed Greenbul
Subspecies C. c. verreauxi, illustration by Keulemans, 1881
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Criniger
Species:C. calurus
Binomial name
Criniger calurus
(Cassin, 1857)
The Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the Red-tailed Bulbul, is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Distribution and habitat

The Bulbul's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and is found in:
  • Angola,
  • Benin,
  • Cameroon,
  • Central African Republic,
  • Republic of the Congo,
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo,
  • Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea,
  • Gabon,
  • Ghana,
  • Guinea,
  • Guinea-Bissau,
  • Liberia,
  • Mali,
  • Nigeria,
  • Senegal,
  • Sierra Leone,
  • Sudan,
  • Togo, and
  • Uganda.

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