Tuesday, August 7, 2012

>Phyllastrephus flavostriatus (Yellow-streaked Greenbul)

Yellow-streaked Greenbul







Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Phyllastrephus
Species:P. flavostriatus
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
Sharpe, 1876
Synonyms
Phyllastrephus alfredi (Shelley, 1903)
The Yellow-streaked Greenbul or Yellow-streaked Bulbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Burundi,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa,Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The subspecies P. f. alfredi is sometimes regarded as a separate species, Sharpe's Greenbul.







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