Black-collared bulbul

Black-collared bulbul
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Neolestes
Cabanis, 1875
Species:
N. torquatus
Binomial name
Neolestes torquatus
Cabanis, 1875

The black-collared bulbul (Neolestes torquatus), or black-collared greenbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Neolestes.[2] For many years, some authorities considered the genus to belong to the bushshrike or shrike families due to shape and plumage similarities until a review of molecular genetic relationships in 1999 confirmed the behavioural and morphological affinities to Pycnonotidae.[3] The black-collared bulbul is found in equatorial Africa in its natural habitat of dry savanna.[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Neolestes torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22713256A132103634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713256A132103634.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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  3. ^ Zuccon, Dario; Ericson, Per G. P. (1 April 2010). "The phylogenetic position of the Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus". Ibis. 152 (2): 386–392. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00986.x. ISSN 1474-919X.