Spotted greenbul
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.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Ixonotus Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851 |
| Species: | I. guttatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ixonotus guttatus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1851 | |
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References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Ixonotus guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712847A94351096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712847A94351096.en.
- "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
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