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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atimastillas is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in wooded areas of tropical Africa.
Atimastillas | |
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Pale-throated greenbul (Atimastillas flavigula) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Atimastillas Oberholser, 1905 |
Type species | |
Heamatornis flavicollis (Yellow-gorgeted greenbul) Swainson, 1837 |
The genus Atimastillas was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with Heamatornis flavicollis Swainson, the yellow-gorgeted greenbul, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ατιμαστος/atimastos meaning "disdained" with ιλλας/illas, ιλλαδοςillados meaning "thrush".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
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