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Cameroon Mountain Greenbul
Arizelocichla montana (Reichenow, 1892)
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.
Arizelocichla montana, Cameroon, 2026-04-01 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Cameroon mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla montana) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Cameroonian Highlands forests. It is suspected to become rarer due to habitat loss, largely from agriculture, although this is not enough to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable status.
Wikipedia contributors, Cameroon mountain greenbul; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:27:58.128998+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Arizelocichla montana (Reichenow, 1892)
- Name authority
- (Reichenow, 1892)
- Common name
- Cameroon Mountain Greenbul
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Arizelocichla
- 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
- genusArizelocichla Oberholser, 1905
- speciesArizelocichla montana (Reichenow, 1892)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Arizelocichla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kakamega GreenbulArizelocichla kakamegae (Sharpe, 1900) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shelley's GreenbulArizelocichla masukuensis (Shelley, 1897) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stripe-cheeked GreenbulArizelocichla milanjensis (Shelley, 1894) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uluguru Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla neumanni E. J. O. Hartert, 1922 | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-headed GreenbulArizelocichla striifacies (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema (G. R. Gray, 1862) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kikuyu Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla kikuyuensis (Sharpe, 1891) | 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 montanus Reichenow, 1892 Reichenow, 1892 | 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=916205 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:GR4X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.