Atimastillas

Atimastillas
Pale-throated greenbul (Atimastillas flavigula)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Atimastillas
Oberholser, 1905
Type species
Heamatornis flavicollis
(Yellow-gorgeted greenbul)
Swainson, 1837

Atimastillas is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in wooded areas of tropical Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Atimastillas was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with Heamatornis flavicollis Swainson, the yellow-gorgeted greenbul, as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ατιμαστος/atimastos meaning "disdained" with ιλλας/illas, ιλλαδοςillados meaning "thrush".

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Yellow-gorgeted greenbulAtimastillas flavicollisWest Africa.
Pale-throated greenbulAtimastillas flavigula (split from A. flavicollis)Western central Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Oberholser, Harry C. (1907) [1905]. "The Avian genus Blena Bonaparte and some of its allies". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 48: 149–172 [155–156]. Originally published as Publication No. 1588 on 1 July 1905.
  2. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 260.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Atimastillas". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 September 2024.