Swamp palm bulbul

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| name = Swamp palm bulbul

| image = Swamp Greenbul - Ghana S4E2506 (16864487670).jpg

| image_caption = In Kakum NP, Ghana

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Thescelocichla leucopleura |volume=2018 |page=e.T22712877A132102807 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712877A132102807.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Thescelocichla

| parent_authority = Oberholser, 1905

| species = leucopleura

| authority = (Cassin, 1855)

| range_map = Thescelocichla leucopleura distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Phyllastrephus leucopleurus

}}

The swamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Thescelocichla.

Taxonomy and systematics

The swamp palm bulbul was originally described in the genus Phyllastrephus. Alternative names for the swamp palm bulbul include the swamp bulbul, swamp greenbul, swamp palm greenbul, white-tailed greenbul and white-tailed palm greenbul. The alternate name 'white-tailed greenbul' is also used by the honeyguide greenbul and Sjöstedt's greenbul.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=EBE5673604DFF259|title=Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E6A0D2081861623B|title=Baeopogon indicator - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=C6833BA9983A6C50|title=Baeopogon clamans - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-04-18}}

Distribution and habitat

The swamp palm bulbul is found from Senegal and Gambia to north-eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.

Diet

It is an insectivore.{{Cite journal |last1=Kumi |first1=Samuel |last2=Addo-Fordjour |first2=Patrick |last3=Fei-Baffoe |first3=Bernard |last4=Adjapong |first4=Abena Owusu |last5=Asamoah |first5=Francis Boafo |date=February 2024 |title=Dynamic Influence of Mining-Induced Land Use Land Cover Changes on Avifauna Community over a mining landscape, Ghana |journal=Trees, Forests and People |volume=15 |pages=100515 |doi=10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100515 |issn=2666-7193|doi-access=free }}

References

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{{cite web

| url = https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558295

| title = ITIS Report: Thescelocichla

| accessdate = 11 August 2014

| publisher = Integrated Taxonomic Information System }}

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