Black-browed Mountain Greenbul
Arizelocichla fusciceps
Medium-sized greenbul with a narrow, broken pale eye-ring. The back is olive-green and the head and underparts gray, with a faint black stripe above the eye. Found in and around montane forest. The song is a short series of barking and mewing notes. Similar to Stripe-cheeked Greenbul, but separated by lack of cheek striping. Also similar to Shelley’s Greenbul, but identified by gray rather than olive-green head.
Taxonomy
The black-browed greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda) and then classified in Andropadus. It was re-classified to the new genus Arizelocichla in 2010. Some authorities have considered the Uluguru greenbul to be a subspecies of the black-browed greenbul. Alternate names for the black-browed greenbul include the black-browed mountain greenbul, Morogoro yellow-necked greenbul, northern mountain greenbul and southern mountain greenbul.
- Scientific name
- Arizelocichla fusciceps
- Authority
- (Shelley, 1893)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Arizelocichla
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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