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Sombre Greenbul
Andropadus importunus (Vieillot, LJP 1818)
The sombre greenbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in coastal bush, evergreen forest and dry shrub land in eastern and southern Africa. It is the only member of the genus Andropadus. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Pycnonotidae
Genus:
Andropadus
Scientific:
Andropadus importunus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Pycnonotidae
Genus:
Andropadus
Scientific:
Andropadus importunus
Original description
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1818)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
20 p.266
Protonym:
Turdus importunus
Type locality:
Anteniquoi [= Outeniqua] Forest [Cape Province].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60115#page/284/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
79A45DAFD3A0DD79
Avibase ID:
avibase-79A45DAF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/79A45DAF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558585
Geographic range:
- Andropadus importunus: lowland to montane forest, riverine bush, and dense coastal scrub, from far southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, and central and coastal Kenya, southward through coastal Tanzania, including Unguja (in Zanzibar) and Mafia Island, and from southern Zambia southward to southern South Africa
- Andropadus importunus importunus: eastern and southern South Africa (southward along coast to southwestern Western Cape) and western Eswatini
- Andropadus importunus hypoxanthus: southern Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
- Andropadus importunus oleaginus: southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, northeastern South Africa (southward to northern KwaZulu-Natal), and eastern Eswatini
- Andropadus importunus [insularis or fricki]: southern Somalia to Kenya and northern Tanzania; Manda Island
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Source: Clements checklist
Sombre Greenbul
Afrikaans:
Gewone Willie
Bulgarian:
Жалобен зелен бюлбюл
Catalan:
bulbul verdós de costa
Czech:
bulbul tmavý
Danish:
Grønbulbul
German:
Dunkelbülbül
Esperanto:
malhela bulbulo
Spanish:
Bulbul de Zanzíbar
Spanish (Spain):
Bulbul de Zanzíbar
Estonian:
valgesilm-viherbülbül
Finnish:
pensasbulbuli
French:
Bulbul importun
Croatian:
bjelooki bulbul
Hungarian:
surranó bülbül
Italian:
Bulverde scuro
Japanese (romaji):
usuguroaohiyo
Japanese:
ウスグロアオヒヨ
Lithuanian:
Baltaakis žalsvasis bulbiulis
Dutch:
Vale Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Krattbylbyl
Norwegian:
Krattbylbyl
Polish:
bilbil zuchwały
Portuguese:
tuta-sombria
Portuguese (Portugal):
bulbul-sombrio
Russian:
Светлоглазый бюльбюль
Slovak:
afrobyl bledooký
Serbian:
Smeđi grinbul
Swedish:
buskgrönbulbyl
Turkish:
Ak gözlü yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian:
Бюльбюль білоокий
Chinese:
黄腹绿鹎
Chinese (Traditional):
淡黑鋸嘴鵯
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bulbul importun ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bulbul importun ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Sombre Greenbul ( Pycnonotus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Sombre Greenbul ( Pycnonotus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Sombre Greenbul ( Pycnonotus importunus) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pycnonotus importunus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pycnonotus importunus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pycnonotus importunus [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Sombre Greenbul ( Andropadus importunus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Andropadus importunus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Andropadus importunus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Gewone Willie
Bulgarian: Жалобен зелен бюлбюл
Catalan: bulbul verdós de costa
Czech: Bulbul tmavý
Danish: Grønbulbul
German: Dunkelbülbül, Kap-Grünbülbül, Schlichtbülbül
English: Frick's Greenbul, Sombre Bulbul, Sombre Greenbul, Southern Sombre Bulbul, Southern Sombre Greenbul, Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul, Zanzibar Sombre-Greenbul
English (Avilist): Sombre Greenbul
English, HBW: Sombre Greenbul
English (IOC): Sombre Greenbul
English (Kenya): Zanzibar Greenbul
English (United States): Sombre Greenbul
Esperanto: malhela bulbulo
Spanish: Bulbul de Zanzibar, Bulbul de Zanzíbar, Bulbul Sombrío
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul de Zanzibar, Bulbul de Zanzíbar
Spanish (HBW): Sombre Greenbul
Estonian: valgesilm-viherbülbül
Finnish: Pensasbulbuli
French: Bulbul importun, L'Importun
French (Guyane): Bulbul importun
Croatian: bjelooki bulbul
Hungarian: surranó bülbül
Italian: Bulbul di Zanzibar, Bulverde scuro
Japanese (romaji): usuguroaohiyo
Japanese: ウスグロアオヒヨ
Scientific: Andropadus importunus, Andropadus importunus importunus, Pycnonotus importunus, Pycnonotus importunus importunus, Turdus importunus
Lithuanian: Baltaakis žalsvasis bulbiulis
Dutch: Vale Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krattbylbyl
Norwegian: Krattbylbyl
Polish: bilbil posepny, bilbil posępny, Bilbil tanzański, bilbil zuchwały
Portuguese: Bulbul importunos, Bulbul-importunos, Tuta-sombria
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-sombrio
Russian: Белоглазый зелёный бюльбюль, Светлоглазый бюльбюль
Slovak: afrobyl bledooký
Serbian: Smeđi grinbul
Swedish: buskgrönbulbyl, Buskgrönbulle
Swahili: Kuruwiji
Turkish: Ak gözlü yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian: Бюльбюль білоокий
Xhosa: Inkwili
Chinese: 黄腹绿鹎
Chinese (Traditional): 淡黑鋸嘴鵯
Zulu: iWili
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