Phyllastrephus
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| Terrestrial brownbul | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: |
Phyllastrephus Swainson, 1832 |
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Phyllastrephus is a songbird genus in the family Pycnonotidae. They make up the typical greenbuls, though two are named brownbuls, and one is a leaflove.
The genus Phyllastrephus contains the following species:
Several species from Madagascar that were formerly placed in the genus Phyllastrephus have now been moved into Bernieria and Xanthomixis. Commonly called the Bernieria and the tetrakas, these species are not bulbuls but Malagasy warblers similar to greenbuls due to convergent evolution. Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Phyllastrephus:
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