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Little Grey Greenbul
Eurillas gracilis (Cabanis, 1880)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
A Little Grey Greenbul (Eurillas gracilis) in the Kakum National Park (Ghana)
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Open encyclopedia reference
The little grey greenbul (Eurillas gracilis) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
It is widely distributed across the African tropical rainforest.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.
Wikipedia contributors, Little grey greenbul; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:50:07.706573+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eurillas gracilis (Cabanis, 1880)
- Name authority
- (Cabanis, 1880)
- Common name
- Little Grey Greenbul
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Eurillas
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPycnonotidae G. R. Gray, 1840
- genusEurillas Oberholser, 1899
- speciesEurillas gracilis (Cabanis, 1880)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eurillas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris (Strickland, 1844) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little GreenbulEurillas virens (Cassin, 1857) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei (E. J. O. Hartert, 1907) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Andropadus gracilis Cabanis, 1880 Cabanis, 1880 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916217 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3CZXF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.