Eurillas

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Eurillas
Little greenbul, Eurillas virens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Eurillas
Oberholser, 1899
Type species
Andropadas virens
(Little greenbul)
Cassin, 1857
Species

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Eurillas is a genus of greenbuls, passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus Eurillas was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the little greenbul as the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eurus meaning "broad" or "wide" and illas meaning "thrush".[2]

This genus was formerly synonymized with the genus Andropadus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbul family published in 2007 found that Andropadus was polyphyletic.[3] In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved from Andropadus to the resurrected genus Eurillas.[4]

Species[edit]

The genus contains five species:[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1899). "Notes on birds from the Cameroons district, West Africa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22 (1180): 11–19 [15].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Johansson, U.S.; Fjeldså, J.; Lokugalappatti, L.G.S.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2007). "A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 36 (5): 417–427. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00290.x.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  • Moyle, R. G., and B. D. Marks. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 687–695.