Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus)
About the Red-tailed Greenbul
The red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, native to the African tropical rainforest. Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul. Three subspecies are recognized. Additionally, the white-bearded greenbul was also originally described as a subspecies of the red-tailed greenbul: Gold Coast red-tailed bulbul (C. c. verreauxi) - Sharpe, 1871: Originally described as a separate species and alternatively named as the Sierra Leone red-tailed bulbul. Found from Senegal to south-western Nigeria C. c. calurus - (Cassin, 1856): Found from southern Nigeria to western Democratic Republic of Congo
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 91 recordings for this species: 16 CC BY-NC-ND · 7 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatusrecording
- Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.