Olive-headed greenbul

Olive-headed greenbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Arizelocichla
Species:	A. striifacies
Binomial name
Arizelocichla striifacies (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

The olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in east Africa.

Taxonomy

The olive-headed greenbul was formally described in 1895 by the German ornithologists Anton Reichenow and Oscar Neumann under the binomial name Xenocichla striifacies.[2][3] The specific epithet combines the Latin stria meaning "furrow" of "striation" with facies meaning "countenance" or "appearance".[4] This species is now one of 11 greenbuls placed in the genus Arizelocichla that was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser.[5]

Two subspecies are recognised:[5]

• A. s. striifacies (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) – southeast Kenya to southwest Tanzania (Udzungwas)
• A. s. olivaceiceps (Shelley, 1896) – southwest Tanzania (Rungwe), Malawi and northwest Mozambique

The two subspecies were formerly sometimes treated as separate species with the English name "stripe-faced greenbul" used for the nominate subspecies and "olive-headed greenbul" for A. s. olivaceiceps. [5]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Arizelocichla striifacies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712821A104132328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712821A104132328.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Reichenow, Anton; Neumann, Oscar (1895). "Diagnosen neuer, von Oskar Neumann in Ost- und Central -Afrika entdeckter Yogelarten". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 3 (5): 73-76 [74].
3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 258.
4. Jobling, James A. "striifacies". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 September 2024.