Leaf-love
Phyllastrephus scandens Swainson, 1837
Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
Leaf-love, Phyllastrephus scandens, is a bulbul found across western and central Africa. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and in moist savanna, with its range also described as the African tropical rainforest. Swainson first described it in 1837. It belongs to the family Pycnonotidae within the order Passeriformes. The species has two recognised subspecies: P. s. scandens, known as the Uele leaflove, and P. s. orientalis, known as the Gabon leaflove. It is also known by several other names, including African leaflove, common leaflove, leaflove and plain leaflove.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, c
