Eurillas is a genus of greenbuls, passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy The genus Eurillas was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the little greenbul as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eurus meaning "broad" or "wide" and illas meaning "thrush".
This genus was formerly synonymized with the genus Andropadus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbul family published in 2007 found that Andropadus was polyphyletic. In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved from Andropadus to the resurrected genus Eurillas.
Species The genus contains the following five species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Little greenbul Eurillas virens African tropical rainforest and neighbouring areas Yellow-whiskered greenbul Eurillas latirostris African tropical rainforest Plain greenbul Eurillas curvirostris African tropical rainforest Little grey greenbul Eurillas gracilis African tropical rainforest Ansorge's greenbul Eurillas ansorgei African 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.