Spotted greenbul
| Spotted greenbul | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851 |
| Species: | I. guttatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ixonotus guttatus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851
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The spotted greenbul (Ixonotus guttatus) or spotted bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is classified in the monotypic genus Ixonotus.[2] It is widely spread throughout the African tropical rainforest, from Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ghana; southern Nigeria to Uganda, northern Tanzania, eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme north-western Angola.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.[1]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Ixonotus guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22712847A132102555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712847A132102555.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Ixonotus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.