Chlorocichla

Chlorocichla is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands.

Chlorocichla
Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Chlorocichla Sharpe, 1882
Type species
Trichophorus flaviventris (Yellow-bellied greenbul) Smith, A, 1834

Taxonomy

The genus Chlorocichla was introduced in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.^[1] Sharpe did not specify a type species but this was designated as the yellow-bellied greenbul by Anton Reichenow in 1904–1905.^[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "pale green" or "yellow" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".^[4]

Species

The genus contains five species:^[5]

• Joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)
• Prigogine's greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)
• Falkenstein's greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)
• Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
• Simple greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Chlorocichla:

• Honeyguide greenbul (as Chlorocichla indicator, now Baeopogon indicator)^[6]
• Yellow-throated leaflove (as Chlorocichla flavicollis, now Atimastillas flavicollis)^[7]