>Andropadus milanjensis (Stripe-cheeked Greenbul)

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
A. (m.) striifacies in Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. milanjensis
Binomial name
Andropadus milanjensis (Shelley, 1894)
Synonyms
Arizelocichla milanjensis

The Stripe-cheeked Greenbul or Stripe-cheeked Bulbul (Andropadus milanjensis) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The subspecies A. m. olivaceiceps (Olive-headed Greenbul) and A. m. striifacies (Stripe-faced Greenbul) are sometimes regarded as separate species.

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  General range of A. (m.) olivaceiceps
 
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  General range of A. (m.) milanjensis

>Andropadus nigriceps (Mountain Greenbul)

Mountain Greenbul

Mountain Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. nigriceps
Binomial name
Andropadus nigriceps (Shelley, 1890)
Synonyms
Arizelocichla nigriceps

The Mountain Greenbul (Andropadus nigriceps), or Eastern Mountain Greenbul, is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae
family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
 Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

The following subspecies are sometimes considered to be full species:

• A. n. chlorigula (Yellow-throated Greenbul)
• A. n. kikuyuensis (Olive-breasted Greenbul)

>Andropadus tephrolaemus (Western Greenbul)

Western Greenbul

Western Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. tephrolaemus
Binomial name
Andropadus tephrolaemus (Gray, 1862)
Synonyms
Arizelocichla tephrolaema

The Western Greenbul (Andropadus tephrolaemus), also known as the Western Mountain Greenbul or Grey-throated Greenbul, is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

>Andropadus latirostris (Yellow-whiskered Greenbul)

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

 

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. latirostris
Binomial name
Andropadus latirostris Strickland, 1844
Synonyms
Eurillas latirostris

The Yellow-whiskered Greenbul or Yellow-whiskered Bulbul (Andropadus latirostris) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi
,Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

>Andropadus importunus (Sombre Greenbul)

Sombre Greenbul

Sombre Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. importunus
Binomial name
Andropadus importunus (Vieillot, 1818)

The Sombre Greenbul, Andropadus importunus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in coastal bush, evergreen forest and dry shrub land in eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa.

Identification

The Sombre Greenbul is 15–18 cm long, with mainly dull greyish olive-green plumage, paler on the underparts than above. It has a white iris. The sexes are similar in plumage, but juveniles are even duller than the adult and have dark eyes.

The subspecies A. i. hypoxanthus is much yellower below than the nominate subspecies.

Behaviour

The Sombre Greenbul is a common bird, which tends to stay hidden in foliage and is more often heard than seen. It is usually found in pairs or small groups foraging for insects, fruit and small snails.

The Sombre Greenbul is a vocal species, and the most typical call is a monotonous, ringing phrase starting with a penetrating single whistle weeeewee, followed by a jumbled chortle and ending off with a rather plaintive, drawn out whistle willy.

>Andropadus gracilirostris (Slender-billed Greenbul)

Slender-billed Greenbul

 

Slender-billed Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. gracilirostris
Binomial name
Andropadus gracilirostris Strickland, 1844
Synonyms
Stelgidillas gracilirostris

The Slender-billed Greenbul (Andropadus gracilirostris) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda,Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Andropadus curvirostris (Plain Greenbul)

Plain Greenbul

 

Plain Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. curvirostris
Binomial name
Andropadus curvirostris Cassin, 1860
Synonyms
Eurillas curvirostris

The Plain Greenbul (Andropadus curvirostris) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It 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, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania,Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Andropadus ansorgei (Ansorge's Greenbul)

Ansorge's Greenbul

Ansorge's Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. ansorgei
Binomial name
Andropadus ansorgei Hartert, 1907
Synonyms
Eurillas ansorgei

The Ansorge's Greenbul (Andropadus ansorgei) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Andropadus gracilis (Little Grey Greenbul)

Little Grey Greenbul

Little Grey Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. gracilis
Binomial name
Andropadus gracilis Cabanis, 1880
Synonyms
Eurillas gracilis

The Little Grey Greenbul or Grey Greenbul (Andropadus gracilis) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

>Andropadus masukuensis (Shelley's Greenbul)

Shelley's Greenbul

 

Shelley's Greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. masukuensis
Binomial name
Andropadus masukuensis Shelley, 1897
Synonyms
Arizelocichla masukuensis

The Shelley's Greenbul (Andropadus masukuensis) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi,Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The subspecies A. m. kakamegae is sometimes regarded as a separate species, theKakamega Greenbul.

>Andropadus virens (Little Greenbul)

Little Greenbul

Little Greenbul
Photographed in Gambia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. virens
Binomial name
Andropadus virens Cassin, 1858
Synonyms
Eurillas virens

The Little Greenbul (Andropadus virens) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea,Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique,Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and moist savanna.

"Hall's Greenbul", Andropadus (virens) hallae, may be a melanistic form of this species. It is known only from a single specimen taken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

>Andropadus montanus (Cameroon Greenbul)

Cameroon Greenbul

 

Cameroon Greenbul
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus
Species:	A. montanus
Binomial name
Andropadus montanus Reichenow, 1892
Synonyms
Arizelocichla montana

The Cameroon Greenbul or Cameroon Mountain Greenbul (Andropadus montanus) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

>>Genus Andropadus

Andropadus

Andropadus
Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Andropadus Swainson, 1832
Species
See text

Andropadus is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). The genus is not thought to be monophyletic.

It contains the following species:

• Cameroon Greenbul or Cameroon Mountain Greenbul, Andropadus montanus
• Shelley's Greenbul, Andropadus masukuensis
  • Kakamega Greenbul, Andropadus (masukeunsis) kakamegae
• Little Greenbul, Andropadus virens
  • Hall's Greenbul, Andropadus (virens) hallae
• Little Grey Greenbul, Andropadus gracilis
• Ansorge's Greenbul, Andropadus ansorgei
• Plain Greenbul, Andropadus curvirostris
• Slender-billed Greenbul, Andropadus gracilirostris
• Sombre Greenbul, Andropadus importunus
• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Andropadus latirostris
• Western Greenbul, Andropadus tephrolaemus
• Mountain Greenbul, Andropadus nigriceps
  • Yellow-throated Greenbul, Andropadus (nigriceps) chlorigula
• Stripe-cheeked Greenbul, Andropadus milanjensis
  • Olive-headed Greenbul Andropadus (milanjensis) olivaceiceps