Arizelocichla
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Arizelocichla is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). The genus was revived in 2010 when twelve species of bulbuls from the genus Andropadus were separated and re-classified in the genus Arizelocichla.
| Arizelocichla | |
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| Olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Arizelocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Xenocichla nigriceps (black-headed mountain greenbul) Shelley, 1889 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
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Perspective
A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbuls published in 2007 found that the genus Andropadus was polyphyletic.[1] As part of a reorganization to create monophyletic genera, 12 species from Andropadus were moved to the resurrected genus Arizelocichla that had been introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the black-headed mountain greenbul as the type species.[2][3] The name Arizelocichla combines the Ancient Greek arizēlos meaning "conspicuous" or "admirable" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".[4]
Species
The genus contains the following 11 species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Cameroon mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla montana | Western High Plateau |
 | Western greenbul | Arizelocichla tephrolaema | Western High Plateau and Bioko |
_(cropped).jpg) | Kakamega greenbul | Arizelocichla kakamegae | Lake Victoria region |
| - | Shelley's greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | Albertine Rift montane forests, Eastern Arc Mountains and western Kenya |
| - | Uluguru mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | Uluguru Mountains |
| - | Black-browed mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla fusciceps | mountains of southwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi and western Mozambique |
_(cropped).jpg) | Yellow-throated greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula | Eastern Arc Mountains |
| - | Kikuyu mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla kikuyuensis | Lake Victoria region |
.jpg) | Black-headed mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | Albertine Rift montane forests, Eastern Arc Mountains and mountains of Kenya and Tanzania |
| - | Olive-headed greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies | Eastern Afromontane from northern Tanzania to southern Malawi |
.jpg) | Stripe-cheeked greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique |
References
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