White-throated greenbul

The white-throated greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis) or white-throated bulbul, is a species of passerine bird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Angola greenbul.

White-throated greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Phyllastrephus
Species:	P. albigularis
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus albigularis (Sharpe, 1882)
Synonyms
Xenocichla albigularis

Taxonomy

The white-throated greenbul was formally described and illustrated in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe based on a specimen collected in the Fantee region of central Ghana. He coined the binomial name Xenocichla albigularis.^[2][3] It is now one of 21 species placed in the genus Phyllastrephus that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson.^[4] The genus name combines Ancient Greek φυλλον/phullon meaning "leaf" with στρεφω/strephō meaning "to toss" or "to turn".^[5] The specific epithet albigularis combines Latin albus meaning "white" with Modern Latin gularis meaning "throated".^[6] The Angola greenbul was formally considered to be a subspecies. The white-throated greenbul is now monophyletic: no subspecies are recognised.^[4]