Montane Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
About the Montane Tiny Greenbul
The montane tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Usambara and Nguru Mountains in Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. The lowland tiny greenbul was originally described in the genus Macrosphenus. Until 2009, the montane tiny greenbul was considered as conspecific with the lowland tiny greenbul as the tiny bulbul. Some authorities continue to consider the two species as conspecific. Alternate names for the montane tiny greenbul include the green-crowned greenbul, Usambara bulbul and Usambara greenbul.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Fischer's GreenbulPhyllastrephus fischerirecording
- Grey-olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus cerviniventrisrecording
- Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitansrecording
- Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestrisrecording
- Xavier's GreenbulPhyllastrephus xavierirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.