Eurillas

Eurillas is a genus of greenbuls, passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

 Taxonomy 
The genus Eurillas was introduced in 1899. This was done by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The little greenbul was the type species. The genus name combines  two Ancient Greek words. These words are eurus meaning "broad" or "wide" and illas meaning "thrush".

This genus was used to be a different name for the genus Andropadus. A phylogenetic study based in RNA and DNA of the bulbul family was published in 2007. This study found that Andropadus was polyphyletic. There was a revision to the generic classification. Five species were moved from Andropadus to the resurrected genus Eurillas.

 Species 
The genus contains five species:Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution125x125pxLittle greenbulEurillas virensAfrican tropical rainforest and neighbouring areas125x125pxYellow-whiskered greenbulEurillas latirostrisAfrican tropical rainforest125x125pxPlain greenbulEurillas curvirostrisAfrican tropical rainforest125x125pxLittle grey greenbulEurillas gracilisAfrican tropical rainforest -Ansorge's greenbulEurillas ansorgeiAfrican tropical rainforest

 References 

 Moyle, R. G., and B. D. Marks. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 687–695.

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