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Species of bird

Olive-headed greenbul
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Arizelocichla
Species: A. striifacies
Binomial name
Arizelocichla striifacies
(Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

The olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in east Africa.

Taxonomy

The olive-headed greenbul was formally described in 1895 by the German ornithologists Anton Reichenow and Oscar Neumann under the binomial name Xenocichla striifacies. The specific epithet combines the Latin stria meaning "furrow" of "striation" with facies meaning "countenance" or "appearance". This species is now one of 11 greenbuls placed in the genus Arizelocichla that was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser.

Two subspecies are recognised:

  • A. s. striifacies (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) – southeast Kenya to southwest Tanzania (Udzungwas)
  • A. s. olivaceiceps (Shelley, 1896) – southwest Tanzania (Rungwe), Malawi and northwest Mozambique

The two subspecies were formerly sometimes treated as separate species with the English name "stripe-faced greenbul" used for the nominate subspecies and "olive-headed greenbul" for A. s. olivaceiceps.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Arizelocichla striifacies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712821A104132328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712821A104132328.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Reichenow, Anton; Neumann, Oscar (1895). "Diagnosen neuer, von Oskar Neumann in Ost- und Central -Afrika entdeckter Yogelarten". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 3 (5): 73-76 .
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 258.
  4. Jobling, James A. "striifacies". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Arizelocichla striifacies
Andropadus olivaceiceps
Criniger olivaceiceps


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