Kikuyu mountain greenbul

The Kikuyu mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla kikuyuensis), also known as the olive-breasted greenbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is native to the Lake Victoria region.^[1]

Kikuyu mountain greenbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Arizelocichla
Species:	A. kikuyuensis
Binomial name
Arizelocichla kikuyuensis (Sharpe, 1891)
Synonyms
Andropadus kikuyensis Andropadus kikuyuensis Andropadus nigriceps kikuyensis Andropadus nigriceps kikuyuensis Andropadus nigriceps schubotzi Andropadus nigriceps usambarae Andropadus tephrolaemus kikuyensis Andropadus tephrolaemus kikuyuensis Arizelocichla nigriceps kikuyuensis Pycnonotus nigriceps kikuyuensis Pycnonotus tephrolaemus kikuyensis Pycnonotus tephrolaemus kikuyuensis Xenocichla kikuyuensis

Taxonomy and systematics

The Kikuyu mountain greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda), then classified in Andropadus and, in 2010 re-classified to the new genus Arizelocichla.^[2] Also, some authorities consider the olive-breasted greenbul to be a subspecies of western mountain greenbul or the mountain greenbul.^[3] Alternate names for the olive-breasted greenbul include the Kikuyu grey-throated greenbul and western mountain greenbul. The alternate name 'western mountain greenbul' is also used by the western greenbul. The English name and the specific epithet are from the name of the Kikuyu people that live in Kenya.^[4]