Sjöstedt's greenbul (Baeopogon clamans) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Baeopogon |
Species: | B. clamans
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Binomial name | |
Baeopogon clamans (Sjöstedt, 1893)
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Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
editSjöstedt's greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda), then re-classified to Baeopogon. The common name commemorates the Swedish ornithologist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt.[2] Alternate names for Sjöstedt's greenbul include Sjöstedt's bulbul, Sjöstedt's honeyguide bulbul, Sjöstedt's honeyguide greenbul, Sjöstedt's white-tailed greenbul and white-tailed greenbul. The latter alternate name is also used by the honeyguide greenbul and the swamp palm bulbul.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
editIt is found from south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon to Central African Republic and extreme north-western Angola; central and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Baeopogon clamans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712841A94350903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712841A94350903.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 313.
- ^ "Baeopogon clamans - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.