Usambara Greenbul / Phyllastrephus albigula

Usambara Greenbul / Phyllastrephus albigula

Usambara Greenbul

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus albigula
Protonym:  Macrosphenus albigula Orn.Monatsb. 27 p. 62
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  usabul1
Type Locality:  Mlalo, near Wilhelmstal, Usambara.
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Publish Year:  1919
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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.

albigula
L. albus white; gula throat.