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Alternative names: Green-throated Greenbul; Yellow-throated Greenbul (which may lead to confusion with Atimastillas flavicollis)

Arizelocichla chlorigula

Identification

18 cm

Distribution

Africa: found in eastern Tanzania (Nguru Mountains and highlands of Iringa District)[1].

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Sometimes considered conspecific with Eastern Mountain Greenbul or placed as subspecies in Southern Mountain Greenbul.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Andropadus.

Habitat

All types of montane forests and riparian woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit, flowers, insects, beetles and spiders.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

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