Phyllastrephus

Phyllastrephus
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Terrestrial Brownbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Phyllastrephus Swainson, 1832
Species
Some 15, see text

Phyllastrephus is a songbird genus in the family Pycnonotidae (bulbuls). They make up the typical greenbuls, though two are named brownbuls.

This genus contains the following species:

• Red-tailed Leaf-love, Phyllastrephus scandens
• Terrestrial Brownbul, Phyllastrephus terrestris
• Northern Brownbul, Phyllastrephus strepitans
• Grey-olive Greenbul, Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
• Pale-olive Greenbul, Phyllastrephus fulviventris
• Baumann's Olive-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus baumanni
• Toro Olive-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus hypochloris
• Fischer's Greenbul, Phyllastrephus fischeri
• Cabanis's Greenbul, Phyllastrephus cabanisi
• Placid Greenbul, Phyllastrephus placidus
• Cameroon Olive-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus poensis
• Icterine Greenbul, Phyllastrephus icterinus
• Xavier's Greenbul, Phyllastrephus xavieri
• Liberian Greenbul, Phyllastrephus leucolepis
• Sassi's Olive-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus lorenzi
• White-throated Greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigularis
• Yellow-streaked Greenbul, Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
• Sharpe's Greenbul, Phyllastrephus alfredi
• Grey-headed Greenbul, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
• Montane Tiny-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigula
• Lowland Tiny-Greenbul, Phyllastrephus debilis

Several species from Madagascar that were formerly placed here are now separated in Bernieria and Xanthomixis. Commonly called the Bernieria and the tetrakas, they are not bulbuls but Malagasy warblers similar to greenbuls due to convergent evolution.

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This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.