Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul

Atimastillas flavicollis (Swainson, 1837)

Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls

Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul, Atimastillas flavicollis, is a bulbul of the passerine order that breeds across Africa from Senegal and Gambia to northern Cameroon and north-western Central African Republic. It is found in West Africa and lives in subtropical or tropical dry forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. First described by Swainson in 1837, it has also been known as the yellow-throated leaflove. The species is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies. It was once placed in several other genera before being assigned to Atimastillas.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
Breeding range: Africa: Senegal and Gambia to n Cameroon and nw Central African Republic