Cabanis's Greenbul - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by xav
Naro Moru, Kenya, December 2006

Alternative name: Placid Greenbul (placidus)

Phyllastrephus cabanisi

Identification

Long rufous tail.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: found only in DRC and Angola.
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• P. c. placidus:

• Northern Kenya to Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-eastern Mozambique

• P. c. sucosus:

• Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to extreme southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

• P. c. cabanisi:

• Highlands of western Angola to south-eastern DRC, Zambia and south-western Tanzania

• P. c. nandensis:

• Western Kenya (northern Nandi Hills)

• P. c. ngurumanensis:

• South-Western Kenya (Nguruman Hills)

The subspecies placidus is sometimes split as Placid Greenbul, Phyllastrephus placidus^[2].

Habitat

Thickets and tangles in highland forests, often along streams.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Cabanis's Greenbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cabanis%27s_Greenbul

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