Alternative name: Yellow-bearded Bulbul
- Criniger olivaceus
Identification
18 cm
- Dark olive plumage
- Yellow throat
- Pale olive underparts and vent
- Paler lores
- Blue eye-ring
Distribution
West Africa: found from Senegambia to Ghana and Ivory Coast
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Primary and evergreen semi-deciduous forest.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mainly of insects, but they also eat small fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-bearded Greenbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bearded_Greenbul
