Cameroon Mountain Greenbul
Arizelocichla montana
A medium-sized greenbul of the mountains of Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria. Remarkably uniform yellow-olive in plumage, with a red eye. Found in montane forest, secondary habitat, and scrub. Feeds in the understory and at middle levels of the forest. Somewhat similar to Western Mountain Greenbul, but easily separated by the lack of a gray head and contrasting white eye crescents. Might be confused with Cameroon Olive-Greenbul, but separated by brighter coloration overall and an olive-green rather than reddish-brown tail. The song is a chirpy series of nasal notes that ends with an accelerating flourish.
Identification
The Cameroon mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla montana) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Cameroonian Highlands forests. It is suspected to become rarer due to habitat loss, largely from agriculture, although this is not enough to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable status.
Taxonomy
The Cameroon greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and, was re-classified to the new genus Arizelocichla in 2010. Alternatively, some authorities classify the Cameroon greenbul in the genus Pycnonotus. Alternate names for the Cameroon greenbul include Cameroon little greenbul, Cameroon montane greenbul, Cameroon mountain greenbul, montane greenbul and mountain little greenbul. The alternate names mountain bulbul and mountain greenbul should not be confused with the species of the same name (Ixos mcclellandii and Arizelocichla nigriceps respectively). The name 'Cameroon greenbul' is sometimes used as an alternate name for the Slender-billed greenbul.
- Scientific name
- Arizelocichla montana
- Authority
- (Reichenow, 1892)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Arizelocichla
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Behavior
Migration pattern: Vertical migration.
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
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