Fischer's Greenbul

Phyllastrephus fischeri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 27 g

What the Fischer's Greenbul sounds like

Sonogram of the Fischer's Greenbul: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Call, song · Amani nature reserve, East Usambara,Tanga, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Fischer's Greenbul: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Louis A. Hansen · Song · Arabuko-Sokoke, T-junction at Elephant road, Kenya · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Fischer's Greenbul: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Louis A. Hansen · Song · Arabuko-Sokoke, T-junction at Elephant road, Kenya · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Fischer's Greenbul

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Fischer's Greenbul

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mozambique.

About the Fischer's Greenbul

Fischer's greenbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern Africa from southern Somalia to north-eastern Mozambique. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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