Chlorocichla Explained

Chlorocichla is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands.

Taxonomy

The genus Chlorocichla was introduced in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.^[1] Sharpe did not specify a type species but this was designated as the yellow-bellied greenbul by Anton Reichenow in 1904–1905.^{[2] [3]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "pale green" or "yellow" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".^[4]

Species

The genus contains five species:^[5]

• Joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)
• Prigogine's greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)
• Falkenstein's greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)
• Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
• Simple greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Chlorocichla:

• Honeyguide greenbul (as Chlorocichla indicator, now Baeopogon indicator)^[6]
• Yellow-throated leaflove (as Chlorocichla flavicollis, now Atimastillas flavicollis)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Sharpe . R. Bowdler . Richard Bowdler Sharpe . 1881 . Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 3 . 6 . Trustees of the British Museum . London . 3, 112 . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . Although the title page bears the date of 1881 this volume was not published until 1882.
2. Book: Reichenow, Anton . Anton Reichenow . 1904–1905 . Die Vögel Afrikas . 3 . German . Neudamm [Dębno] . J. Neumann . 388 .
3. 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 .
4. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 102 .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2021 . Bulbuls . IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 27 June 2021.
6. Web site: Baeopogon indicator indicator (chlorosaturatus) - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-04-11.
7. Web site: Atimastillas flavicollis - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-04-16.