| Swamp palm bulbul | |
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| InKakum NP, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Thescelocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
| Species: | T. leucopleura |
| Binomial name | |
| Thescelocichla leucopleura (Cassin, 1855) | |
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Theswamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), is a species ofsongbird in thebulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It ismonotypic within the genusThescelocichla.[2]
The swamp palm bulbul was originally described in the genusPhyllastrephus. Alternative names for the swamp palm bulbul include theswamp bulbul,swamp greenbul,swamp palm greenbul,white-tailed greenbul andwhite-tailed palm greenbul. The alternate name 'white-tailed greenbul' is also used by thehoneyguide greenbul andSjöstedt's greenbul.[3][4][5]
The swamp palm bulbul is found from Senegal and Gambia to north-eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. Its naturalhabitats are subtropical or tropical dryforests, subtropical or tropicalswamps, and moistsavanna.[1]
It is an insectivore.[6]
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