Alternative name: 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
Sometimes considered conspecific with Eastern Mountain Greenbul or placed as subspecies in Southern Mountain Greenbul (A. fusciceps with the subspecies neumanni, fusciceps and flavicollis; the first two are here included in Eastern 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
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Green-throated Greenbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Green-throated_Greenbul
