Phyllastrephus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Phyllastrephus
Species: P. albigula – P. albigularis – P. alfredi – P. baumanni – P. cabanisi – P. cerviniventris – P. debilis – P. fischeri – P. flavostriatus – P. fulviventris – P. hypochloris – P. icterinus – P. lorenzi – P. placidus – P. poensis – P. poliocephalus – P. scandens – P. strepitans – P. terrestris – P. xavieri

Species transferred to Xanthomixis (Bernieridae): P. apperti – P. cinereiceps – P. tenebrosus – P. zosterops

Name

Phyllastrephus Swainson, 1832

Typus: Phyllastrephus terrestris Swainson, 1837

Synonyms

Phyllostrophus Hartlaub, 1854
Pyrrhurus Cassin, 1859
Prosphorocichla Oberholser, 1905 Smiths.Misc.Coll. p. 156 BHL
Argaleocichla Oberholser, 1905 Smiths.Misc.Coll. p. 160 BHL

Phyllastrephus lorenzi

References

Swainson, W.J. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W.J. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 p. 486 BHL Reference page.

Phyllastrephus is a songbird genus in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. Most of the species in the genus are typical greenbuls, though two are brownbuls, and one is a leaflove.
Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Phyllastrephus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1832 with Le Jaboteur (Levaillant), now the terrestrial brownbul, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" with strephō meaning "to toss" or "to turn".[3]
Species

The genus contains the following 20 species:[4]

Lowland tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis)
Montane tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
White-throated greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis)
Xavier's greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
Icterine greenbul (Phyllastrephus icterinus)
Terrestrial brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris)
Cameroon olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis)
Northern brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans)
Grey-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris)
Fischer's greenbul (Phyllastrephus fischeri)
Cabanis's greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
Placid greenbul (Phyllastrephus placidus)
Red-tailed leaflove (Phyllastrephus scandens)
Sassi's olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus lorenzi)
Yellow-streaked greenbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus)
Sharpe's greenbul (Phyllastrephus alfredi)
Grey-headed greenbul (Phyllastrephus poliocephalus)
Toro olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus hypochloris)
Baumann's olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus baumanni)
Pale-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus fulviventris)

Former species

Several species from Madagascar that were formerly placed in the genus Phyllastrephus have now been moved into Bernieria and Xanthomixis. Commonly called the Bernieria and the tetrakas, these species are not bulbuls but Malagasy warblers similar to greenbuls due to convergent evolution. Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Phyllastrephus:

Honeyguide greenbul (as Phyllastrephus indicator)[5]
Simple greenbul (as Pyrrhurus simplex)[6]
Swamp palm bulbul (as Phyllastrephus leucopleurus)[7]

References

Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Vol. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 486. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.
Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 263.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Pycnonotidae". IOC World Bird List. Version 10.2. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1906-01-01.
"Chlorocichla simplex - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
"Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.