Red-tailed greenbul

Red-tailed greenbul
In Kakum NP, Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Criniger
Species:	C. calurus
Binomial name
Criniger calurus (Cassin, 1856)
Synonyms
Criniger swainsoni Criniger verreauxi Trichophorus calurus

The red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, native to the African tropical rainforest.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized.^[2] Additionally, the white-bearded greenbul was also originally described as a subspecies of the red-tailed greenbul:^[3][4]

• Gold Coast red-tailed bulbul (C. c. verreauxi) - Sharpe, 1871: Originally described as a separate species and alternatively named as the Sierra Leone red-tailed bulbul. Found from Senegal to south-western Nigeria
• C. c. calurus - (Cassin, 1856): Found from southern Nigeria to western Democratic Republic of Congo
• C. c. emini - Chapin, 1948: Found from north-eastern Angola and western Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda and western Tanzania

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Criniger calurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22713120A131968293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713120A131968293.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
3. "Criniger ndussumensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
4. "White-bearded Greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

External links

• Image at ADW