- Sassi's Greenbul
Taxobox
name = Sassi's Greenbul
status = NR
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Pycnonotidae
genus = "Phyllastrephus "
species = "P. icterinus"
subspecies = "P. i. lorenzi"
trinomial = "Phyllastrephus icterinus lorenzi"
trinomial_authority = Sassi, 1914
synonyms = "Phyllastrephus lorenzi" Sassi, 1914Sassi's Greenbul ("Phyllastrephus icterinus lorenzi") is a species of
songbird in thePycnonotidae family. It is found inDemocratic Republic of the Congo andUganda .Originally described as a distinct
species , it is usually treated as asubspecies of theIcterine Greenbul today.BirdLife International revised its status to subspecies in 2008 [BLI (2008a,b)] .Its natural
habitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s and subtropical or tropical moistmontane forest s. It is becoming rare due tohabitat loss ; when it was still considered a good species, it was classified asNear threatened by theIUCN [BLI (2004)] .Footnotes
References
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* (2008a) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7251&m=0 Sassi's Greenbul Species Factsheet] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
* (2008b): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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