Swamp Greenbul

SCI Name:  Thescelocichla leucopleura
Protonym:  Phyllostrophus leucopleurus Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 7 p.328
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Thescelocichla
Taxonomy Code:  swagre1
Type Locality:  Moonda River [Gabon].
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THESCELOCICHLA
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Swamp Palm Bulbul T. leucopleura) Gr. θεσκελος theskelos  marvellous, wondrous, initiated by the gods  < θεος theos  god; κελλω kellō  to set in motion; κιχλη kikhlē  thrush; “THESCELOCICHLA ¹ gen. nov.   Chars. gen.—Similar to Bleda, but rictal bristles weak; bill shorter, not so stout, its height less than its breadth at base, but more than one-third of exposed culmen; culmen curved at least on distal two-thirds; gonys almost horizopntal; tarsus about 1 1/3 times exposed culmen.   ...   Type.—Phyllastrephus leucopleurus CASSIN.  This genus is so different from Bleda (syndactyla) that it seems rather remarkably to have escaped separation until now.  Of its other allies possessing roundish nostrils it needs further comparison with only Idiocichla, from which, however, it is easily distinguished.  Apparently the only species belonging here is: Thescelocichla leucopleura (Cassin).   ...   ¹ θεσκελος, mirabilis; κιχλη, turdus.” (Oberholser 1905).

leucopleura / leucopleurus
Gr. λευκοπλευρος leukopleuros  with white sides  < λευκος leukos  white; πλευρα pleura  side, rib.