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Leaf-love

Phyllastrephus scandens Swainson, WJ 1837

The red-tailed leaflove is a species of leaflove in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pycnonotidae
Genus:
   Phyllastrephus
Scientific:
  Phyllastrephus scandens

Original description

Citation:
  Swainson, WJ 1837

Reference:
   Naturalist's Libr. [Jardine] Ornithology, Vol.VII p.270 pl.30

Protonym:
  Phyllastrephus scandens

Type locality:
  West Africa.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/57924#page/330/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E781F61C3BE55121

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E781F61C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E781F61C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562079

Geographic range:

  • Phyllastrephus scandens: lowland to foothill gallery forest, swamp forest, and woodland in savanna, from Senegambia eastward to southern South Sudan, and southward to western and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeastern Angola, and patchily in Uganda, Rwanda, and western Tanzania
  • Phyllastrephus scandens scandens: Senegal to northern Nigeria and northern Cameroon
  • Phyllastrephus scandens orientalis: Cameroon eastward to southern South Sudan, southward to southern Congo, western and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and far western Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Leaf-love
Bulgarian:
Червеноопашат кафяв бюлбюл
Catalan:
bulbul cua-rogenc
Czech:
bulbulec říční
Danish:
Rusthalet Bulbul
German:
Uferbülbül
Esperanto:
rufavosta bulbulo
Spanish:
Bulbul Colirrojizo
Spanish (Spain):
Bulbul Colirrojizo
Estonian:
kalda-pruunbülbül
Finnish:
lehtibulbuli
French:
Bulbul à queue rousse
Croatian:
riđorepi bulbul
Hungarian:
parti bülbül
Italian:
Amafoglie
Japanese (romaji):
chairokonohahiyodori
Japanese:
チャイロコノハヒヨドリ
Lithuanian:
krantinis bulbiulis
Dutch:
Zingende Gabonloofbuulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bladbylbyl
Norwegian:
Bladbylbyl
Polish:
jasnobrzuch siwogłowy
Portuguese:
Tuta-rabiruiva
Portuguese (Portugal):
bulbul-de-cauda-ruiva
Russian:
Горихвостковый бюльбюль
Slovak:
afrobyl sivohlavý
Serbian:
Riđorepi bulbul
Swedish:
vattenbulbyl
Turkish:
Rafya yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian:
Торо сивоголовий
Chinese:
旋木鹎
Chinese (Traditional):
攀旋葉鵯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bulbul à queue rousse ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bulbul à queue rousse ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Leaf Love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
African Leaf Love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Leaf-Love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Leaf-Love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-tailed Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
African Leaflove ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Phyllastrephus scandens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Phyllastrephus scandens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Phyllastrephus scandens [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Leaf-love ( Phyllastrephus scandens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Leaf-love ( Pyrrhurus scandens) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Phyllastrephus scandens [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Phyllastrephus scandens [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bulgarian: Червеноопашат кафяв бюлбюл
Catalan: bulbul cua-rogenc
Czech: Bulbulec rícní, bulbulec říční
Danish: Rusthalet Bulbul
German: Uferbülbül, Ufer-Bülbül
English: African Leaf Love, African Leaflove, African Leaf-love, Common Leaflove, Common Leaf-love, Leaf love, Leaflove, Leaf-love, Plain Leaf-love, Red-tailed Leaflove, Red-tailed Leaf-love
English (Avilist): Leaf-love
English, HBW: Leaf-love
English (IOC): Red-tailed Leaflove
English (United States): Leaf-love
Esperanto: rufavosta bulbulo
Spanish: Amante de Hojas, Bulbul Colirrojizo
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul Colirrojizo
Spanish (HBW): Leaf-love
Estonian: kalda-pruunbülbül
Finnish: Lehtibulbuli
French: Bulbul à queue rousse
French (Guyane): Bulbul à queue rousse
Croatian: riđorepi bulbul
Hungarian: parti bülbül
Italian: Amafoglie, Bulbul voltafoglie
Japanese (romaji): chairokonohahiyodori
Japanese: チャイロコノハヒヨドリ
Scientific: Phyllastrephus scandens, Phyllastrephus scandens scandens, Pyrrhurus scandens, Pyrrhurus scandens scandens
Lithuanian: krantinis bulbiulis
Dutch: Zingende Gabonloofbuulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bladbylbyl
Norwegian: Bladbylbyl
Polish: jasnobrzuch siwoglowy, jasnobrzuch siwogłowy
Portuguese: Tuta-rabiruiva
Portuguese (Angola): Bulbul-verde-das-folhas
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-de-cauda-ruiva, Tuta-rabirruiva
Russian: Горихвостковый бюльбюль, Прибрежный бурый бюльбюль
Slovak: afrobyl sivohlavý
Serbian: Riđorepi bulbul
Swedish: Roststjärtad bulbyl, vattenbulbyl
Swahili: Korogoto-majani
Turkish: Rafya yaprakbülbülü
Ukrainian: Торо сивоголовий
Chinese: 旋木鹎
Chinese (Traditional): 攀旋葉鵯

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