greenbul
English
A yellow-bellied greenbul, Chlorocichla flaviventris
Noun
greenbul (plural greenbuls)
- Any of various birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
- 2005, T. B. Smith, et al., Putting process on the map, Andrew Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Thomas Brooks (editors), Conservation Biology 8: Phylogeny and Conservation, page 178,
- We investigated the differences in environmental selection pressures between ecotone and rainforest that could have driven the song divergence in little greenbuls, in particular the divergence in Fmin (Slabbekoorn & Smith 2002b).
- 2006, Ian Sinclair, Ian Davidson, Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide, page 198,
- The commonest of the dull olive-green greenbuls, the Sombre Greenbul is most easily distinguished by its white eye; the race to the northeast is much yellower below and could readily be mistaken for a Yellow-bellied Greenbul were it not for its white eye.
- 2013, Philip Briggs, Andrew Roberts, Uganda, Bradt Travel Guides, 7th Edition, page 56,
- Birdwatchers based in Africa's savanna belt will generally want to focus more on forest birds, but mostly on such common and iconic species as great blue turaco or black-and-white casqued hornbill rather than on glimpsing a selection of more localised but duller forest greenbuls.
- 2005, T. B. Smith, et al., Putting process on the map, Andrew Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Thomas Brooks (editors), Conservation Biology 8: Phylogeny and Conservation, page 178,
Synonyms
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