The spotted greenbul (Ixonotus guttatus) or spotted bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is classified in the monotypic genus Ixonotus.[2] It is widely spread throughout the African tropical rainforest, from Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ghana; southern Nigeria to Uganda, northern Tanzania, eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme north-western Angola.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.[4]

Spotted greenbul
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Ixonotus
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851
Species:
I. guttatus
Binomial name
Ixonotus guttatus

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ixonotus guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22712847A132102555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712847A132102555.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "ITIS Report: Ixonotus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  4. ^ a b "Ixonotus guttatus: Classifications". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 September 2014.