Tiny Greenbul / Phyllastrephus debilis
WBN 
Tiny Greenbul
SCI Name:
Protonym: Xenocichla debilis Ibis p.284
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code: tingre1
Type Locality: north of Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa.
Author: Sclater, WL
Publish Year: 1899
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLASTREPHUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Terrestrial Brownbul P. terrestris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; στρεφω strephō to toss, to turn; "Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. ... Feet short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, acute. Type. - Le Jaboteur, LE VAILL., pl. 112, f. 1" (Swainson 1831).
Var. Phyllostrophus (Gr. στροφαω strophaō to turn), Phillastrephus.
Synon. Argaleocichla, Ayresillas, Sclaterillas.
debilis
L. debilis feeble, weak, powerless < preposition de away from; habilis suitable, fit < habere to hold.
SUBSPECIES
Tiny Greenbul (rabai)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus debilis rabai
rabai
Rabai Hills, south-eastern Kenya.
Tiny Greenbul (debilis)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus debilis debilis
debilis
L. debilis feeble, weak, powerless < preposition de away from; habilis suitable, fit < habere to hold.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
