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Cameroon olive greenbul

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ2927916 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Cameroon olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

It is found in the Cameroon line (including Bioko). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Alternate names for the Cameroon olive greenbul include Bioko greenbul and Cameroon olive bulbul.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cameroon olive greenbul” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.