| Black-collared bulbul | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Neolestes Cabanis, 1875 |
| Species: | N. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neolestes torquatus Cabanis, 1875 | |
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The black-collared bulbul (Neolestes torquatus), or black-collared greenbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Neolestes. For many years, some authorities considered the genus to belong to the bushshrike or shrike families due to shape and plumage similarities until a review of molecular genetic relationships in 1999 confirmed the behavioural and morphological affinities to Pycnonotidae. The black-collared bulbul is found in equatorial Africa in its natural habitat of dry savanna.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Neolestes torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22713256A132103634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713256A132103634.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "ITIS Report: Neolestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- Zuccon, Dario; Ericson, Per G. P. (1 April 2010). "The phylogenetic position of the Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus". Ibis. 152 (2): 386–392. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00986.x. ISSN 1474-919X.
External links
- Image at ADW Archived 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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| Neolestes torquatus | |
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