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Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens (Cassin, J 1857)

The little greenbul is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pycnonotidae
Genus:
   Eurillas
Scientific:
  Eurillas virens

Original description

Citation:
  (Cassin, J 1857)

Reference:
   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9 p.34

Protonym:
  Andropadus virens

Type locality:
  Cape Lopez and River Muni, West Africa.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30013#page/48/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3413C42CFE613F82

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3413C42C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3413C42C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916216

Geographic range:

  • Eurillas virens: lowland to montane primary and forest, wooded savanna, riparian thickets, and mangroves, from Senegambia eastward through southern Nigeria and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea) to southern South Sudan, southeastern Kenya, and Tanzania, including Unguja (in Zanzibar) and Mafia Island, thence southward to northern Angola, northern Zambia and north-central Mozambique
  • Eurillas virens virens: Cameroon to Gabon, Angola, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and southwestern Kenya; Bioko
  • Eurillas virens erythroptera: lowlands of Gambia to southern Nigeria
  • Eurillas virens zombensis: southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia to eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique; Mafia Island
  • Eurillas virens zanzibarica: Zanzibar (Tanzania)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Little Greenbul
Bulgarian:
Малък зелен бюлбюл
Catalan:
bulbul verdós menut
Czech:
bulbul malý
Danish:
Lille Grønbulbul
German:
Grünbülbül
Esperanto:
verdeta bulbulo
Spanish:
Bulbul Verde
Spanish (Spain):
Bulbul Verde
Estonian:
tõmmu-pruunbülbül
Finnish:
pikkubulbuli
French:
Bulbul verdâtre
Croatian:
mrki bulbul
Hungarian:
zöld bülbül
Italian:
Bulverde minore
Japanese (romaji):
himeaohiyodori
Japanese:
ヒメアオヒヨドリ
Lithuanian:
Mažasis žalsvasis bulbiulis
Dutch:
Groene Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Songbylbyl
Norwegian:
Sangbylbyl
Polish:
brązownik zielony
Portuguese:
tuta-pardinha
Portuguese (Portugal):
bulbul-verde
Russian:
Малый бюльбюль
Slovak:
afrobyl zelenkavý
Serbian:
Mali grinbul
Swedish:
mindre grönbulbyl
Turkish:
Yeşilce yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian:
Бюльбюль малий
Chinese:
小绿鹎
Chinese (Traditional):
綠鋸嘴鵯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae) ( Andropadus virens [incl. hallae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae) ( Andropadus virens [incl. hallae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae) ( Eurillas virens [incl. hallae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae) ( Eurillas virens [incl. hallae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae) ( Eurillas virens [incl. hallae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bulbul verdâtre ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 3]
Clements, version 2015:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 3]
Clements, version 2016:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Little Greenbul ( Eurillas virens) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pycnonotus virens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pycnonotus virens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pycnonotus virens [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Little Greenbul ( Andropadus virens) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Eurillas virens [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Малък зелен бюлбюл
Catalan: bulbul verdós menut
Czech: Bulbul malý
Danish: Lille Grønbulbul
German: Grünbülbül
English: Little Greenbul, Little Greenbul (incl. hallae), Little Greenbul (incl. ssp. hallae), Little Greenbul [incl. hallae]
English (Avilist): Little Greenbul
English, HBW: Little Greenbul
English (IOC): Little Greenbul
English (Kenya): Little Greenbul
English (United States): Little Greenbul
Esperanto: verdeta bulbulo
Spanish: Bulbul Pequeño, Bulbul Verde
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul Verde
Spanish (HBW): Little Greenbul
Estonian: tõmmu-pruunbülbül
Finnish: Pikkubulbuli
French: Bulbul verdâtre, Bulbul verdâtre ou B. de Hall
French (Guyane): Bulbul verdâtre
Croatian: mrki bulbul
Hungarian: zöld bülbül
Italian: Bulbul verdastro, Bulverde minore
Japanese (romaji): himeaohiyodori
Japanese: ヒメアオヒヨドリ
Scientific: Andropadus hallae, Andropadus virens, Andropadus virens [incl. hallae], Andropadus virens virens, Eurillas virens, Eurillas virens [incl. hallae], Eurillas virens virens, Pycnonotus virens
Lithuanian: Mažasis žalsvasis bulbiulis
Dutch: Groene Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk: Songbylbyl
Norwegian: Sangbylbyl
Polish: bilbil zielony, brązownik zielony
Portuguese: Bulbul pequeno, Bulbul-pequeno, tuta-pardinha
Portuguese (Angola): Bulbul-verde-pequeno
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-verde, Tuta-pardinha
Russian: Зелёный бюльбюль, Малый бюльбюль, Малый зелёный бюльбюль
Slovak: afrobyl zelenkavý
Serbian: Mali grinbul
Swedish: mindre grönbulbyl, Mindre grönbulle
Swahili: Nyembelele Mdogo
Turkish: Yeşilce yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian: Бюльбюль малий
Chinese: 小绿鹎
Chinese (Traditional): 綠鋸嘴鵯

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