Chlorocichla is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands.

Taxonomy

The genus Chlorocichla was introduced in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Sharpe did not specify a type species but this was designated as the yellow-bellied greenbul by Anton Reichenow in 1904–1905. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "pale green" or "yellow" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".

Species

The genus contains five species:

• Joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)

• Prigogine's greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)

• Falkenstein's greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)

• Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)

• Simple greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Chlorocichla:

• Honeyguide greenbul (as Chlorocichla indicator, now Baeopogon indicator)

• Yellow-throated leaflove (as Chlorocichla flavicollis, now Atimastillas flavicollis)

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