Joyful Greenbul - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Michael Hooper
Bigodi wetland, Kibale, Uganda, October 2018

Chlorocichla laetissima

Identiification

Photo © by martinuk
Near Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Uganda, July 2013

20–21 cm (7¾-8¼ in)

• Yellowish-green upperparts
• Bright yellow throat and upper breast
• Yellowish underparts
• Greenish tinged flanks

Distribution

Western Africa: eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, western Kenya and (rarely) in Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• C. l. laetissima:

• Montane forests of eastern Zaire to southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Kenya

• C. l. schoutedeni:

• Montane forests of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme southern South Sudan, western Uganda, and southwestern Kenya

Habitat

Various forest types, mid-level to montane primary and secondary forests, gallery forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of berries and seeds, though nestlings are additionally fed with insects, including moths.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi; Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe
5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Joyful Greenbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Joyful_Greenbul

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