| Terrestrial brownbul | |
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| Ngwenya, Eswatini | |
| 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: | Phyllastrephus |
| Species: | P. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllastrephus terrestris Swainson, 1837 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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The terrestrial brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the terrestrial brownbul include the bristle-necked brownbul, brownbul, scrub bulbul and terrestrial bulbul.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized:
- Nyasa terrestrial brownbul (P. t. suahelicus) - Reichenow, 1904: Found from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique
- P. t. intermedius - Gunning & Roberts, 1911: Found in southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique & adjacent eastern South Africa
- P. t. rhodesiae - Roberts, 1917: Found from south-western Angola, Zambia, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south-western Tanzania to northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe and north-eastern Mozambique
- P. t. terrestris - Swainson, 1837: Found in eastern and southern South Africa
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllastrephus terrestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712905A94353930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712905A94353930.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
External links
- (Terrestrial brownbul =) Terrestrial bulbul - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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