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Plain greenbul

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Eurillas curvirostris 238059319.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Eurillas curvirostris |volume=2016 |page=e.T22712786A94348862 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712786A94348862.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Eurillas

| species = curvirostris

| authority = (Cassin, 1859)

| range_map = Eurillas curvirostris distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Andropadus alexandri

  • Andropadus curvirostris
  • Pycnonotus curvirostris

}}

The plain greenbul (Eurillas curvirostris) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.

It is mainly native to the Guineo-Congolian region.

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

Taxonomy and systematics

The plain greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and was re-classified to the genus Eurillas in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/taxonomy-version-2/|title=Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-06}} Alternatively, some authorities classify the plain greenbul in the genus Pycnonotus.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=0B325B7FBE1DC251|title=Eurillas curvirostris - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-04-09}}

=Subspecies=

Two subspecies are recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-09}}

  • E. c. curvirostris - (Cassin, 1859): Found from central Ghana to western Kenya, southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola
  • E. c. leonina - (Bates, 1930): Found from Sierra Leone to central Ghana

References

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Category:Birds of the Gulf of Guinea

Category:Birds of the African tropical rainforest

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