Tiny Greenbul

Here the details of the Tiny Greenbul named bird below:

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus debilis
Protonym:  Xenocichla debilis Ibis p.284
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus
Taxonomy Code:  tingre1
Type Locality:  north of Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa.
Author:  Sclater, WL
Publish Year:  1899
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

debilis
L. debilis  feeble, weak, powerless  < preposition de  away from; habilis  suitable, fit  < habere  to hold.

SUBSPECIES

Tiny Greenbul (rabai)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus debilis rabai
rabai
Rabai Hills, south-eastern Kenya.

Tiny Greenbul (debilis)
SCI Name: Phyllastrephus debilis debilis
debilis
L. debilis  feeble, weak, powerless  < preposition de  away from; habilis  suitable, fit  < habere  to hold.