Atimastillas

Atimastillas is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in wooded areas of tropical Africa.

Atimastillas
Pale-throated greenbul (Atimastillas flavigula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Atimastillas Oberholser, 1905
Type species
Heamatornis flavicollis (Yellow-gorgeted greenbul) Swainson, 1837

Taxonomy

The genus Atimastillas was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with Heamatornis flavicollis Swainson, the yellow-gorgeted greenbul, as the type species.^[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ατιμαστος/atimastos meaning "disdained" with ιλλας/illas, ιλλαδοςillados meaning "thrush".^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

• Yellow-gorgeted greenbul, Atimastillas flavicollis
• Pale-throated greenbul, Atimastillas flavigula (split from A. flavicollis)