The red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, native to the African tropical rainforest.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized. Additionally, the white-bearded greenbul was also originally described as a subspecies of the red-tailed greenbul:
- Gold Coast red-tailed bulbul (C. c. verreauxi) - <small>Sharpe, 1871</small>: Originally described as a separate species and alternatively named as the Sierra Leone red-tailed bulbul. Found from Senegal to south-western Nigeria
- C. c. calurus - <small>(Cassin, 1856)</small>: Found from southern Nigeria to western Democratic Republic of Congo
- C. c. emini - <small>Chapin, 1948</small>: Found from north-eastern Angola and western Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda and western Tanzania
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