Atimastillas Explained

Atimastillas is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in wooded areas of tropical Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Atimastillas was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with Heamatornis flavicollis Swainson, the yellow-gorgeted greenbul, as the type species.^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ατιμαστος/atimastos meaning "disdained" with ιλλας/illas, ιλλαδοςillados meaning "thrush".^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

• Yellow-gorgeted greenbul, Atimastillas flavicollis
• Pale-throated greenbul, Atimastillas flavigula (split from A. flavicollis)

Notes and References

1. Oberholser . Harry C. . Harry C. Oberholser . 1907 . 1905 . The Avian genus Blena Bonaparte and some of its allies . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 48 . 149-172 [155-156] . Originally published as Publication No. 1588 on 1 July 1905.
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1960 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 9 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 260 .
3. Web site: Jobling . James A. . Atimastillas . The Key to Scientific Names . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 6 September 2024 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Bulbuls . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 6 September 2024.