Gray-olive Greenbul

Gray-olive Greenbul / Phyllastrephus cerviniventris

Gray-olive Greenbul

Here the details of the Gray-olive Greenbul named bird below:

SCI Name:  Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Protonym:  Phyllostrophus cerviniventris Ibis p.10 pl.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  gyogre1
Type Locality:  Zomba and Tschiromo, Nyasaland.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1894
IUCN Status:  

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.

cerviniventris
L. cervinus  stag-coloured  < cervus  stag; venter, ventris  belly.