Monday, August 6, 2012

>Phyllastrephus baumanni (Baumann's Olive Greenbul)

Baumann's Olive Greenbul





Baumann's Olive Greenbul
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Phyllastrephus
Species:P. baumanni
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus baumanni
Reichenow, 1895
Baumann's Olive Greenbul or Baumann's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus baumanni) is a songbird species in the family Pycnonotidae. It is found in the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia,Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
This little-known bird was formerly classified as data deficient by the IUCN. New research has shown it to be plentiful and widespread. Consequently, it is listed as a Species of Least Concern in 2008

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