Simple greenbul


The simple greenbul, or simple leaflove, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found from Guinea Bissau and Guinea to western South Sudan, western Uganda, central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Taxonomy and systematics

The simple greenbul was originally described in the genus Trichophorus and then classified within Pyrrhurus before being moved to the genus Chlorocichla.