Yellow-streaked Greenbul - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Yellow-streaked Bulbul; Sharpe's Greenbul (alfredi)

Photo by safariranger
Debegeni Falls, Magoebaskloof, South Africa, November 2006

Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

Identification

18–20 cm (7-7¾ in)

• Grey head
• Greyish-brown back
• Black bill
• White throat
• Blue legs
• Brown eyes

Distribution

Africa: Western Africa: occurs only in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, eSwatini

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• P. f. alfredi:

• South West Tanzania to eastern Zambia and northern Malawi

• P. f. tenuirostris:

• Coastal south-eastern Kenya to Tanzania and north-eastern Mozambique

• P. f. kungwensis:

• West Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)

• P. f. uzungwensis:

• East Tanzania (Udzungwa Mountains)

• P. f. graueri:

• East Democratic Republic of the Congo (highlands west of lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert)

• P. f. olivaceogriseus:

• Highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (north-western of Lake Tanganyika) to south-western Uganda

• P. f. vincenti:

• Highlands of south-eastern Malawi and adjacent northern Mozambique

• P. f. flavostriatus:

• East Zimbabwe and Mozambique (south of Zambezi River) to Natal

The subspecies alfredi is sometimes split as Sharpe's Greenbul, Phyllastrephus alfredi.

Habitat

Lowland, mid-altitude and montane forests, riverine forests, thick bush and bamboo thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes mainly arthropods such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, bugs and spiders and some fruit.

Breeding

The nest is built high up in the tree canopy.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-streaked Greenbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-streaked_Greenbul

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