Northern Brownbul

Northern Brownbul / Phyllastrephus strepitans

Northern Brownbul

Here the details of the Northern Brownbul named bird below:

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus strepitans
Protonym:  Criniger strepitans Orn.Centralbl. 4 p.139
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  norbro1
Type Locality:  Malindi, East Africa [Kenya Colony].
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Publish Year:  1879
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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.

strepitans
L. strepitans, strepitantis  noisy  < strepere  to make a loud noise.