lowland tiny greenbul
{{Short description|Species of songbird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Lowland Tiny Greenbul
| image = Tiny_Greenbul_iNaturalist.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Phyllastrephus
| species = debilis
| authority = (Sclater, WL, 1899)
| range_map = Phyllastrephus debilis distribution map.png
| synonyms = * Phyllastrephus rabai
- Xenocichla debilis
}}
The lowland tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Taxonomy and systematics
The lowland tiny greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda). Until 2009, the montane tiny greenbul was considered as conspecific with the lowland tiny greenbul as the tiny bulbul.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/species-2-0-2-11/|title=Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/english-names-updates/|title=English Names Version 2 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-07}} Some authorities continue to consider the two species as conspecific.{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CEE94E55&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Phyllastrephus albigula - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-05-07}}
=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=2017-05-06}}
- Rabai yellow-streaked bulbul (P. d. rabai) - Hartert & van Someren, 1921: Found in south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania
- North Nyasa yellow-streaked bulbul (P. d. debilis) - (Sclater, WL, 1899): Also named the smaller yellow-streaked bulbul. Found in south-eastern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique
References
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External links
- Lowland tiny greenbul - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/571.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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Category:Birds described in 1899
Category:Taxa named by William Lutley Sclater
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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