Terrestrial Brownbul

Phyllastrephus terrestris

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
Genus
Phyllastrephus
eBird Code
terbro1

Vocalizations

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Sean Hartnett · CC_BY_4_0
Thomas Koffel · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Phyllastrephus terrestris intermedius

    southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, and adjacent eastern South Africa

  • Phyllastrephus terrestris rhodesiae

    southwestern Angola eastward to southwestern Tanzania and southward to northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and northeastern Mozambique

  • Phyllastrephus terrestris suahelicus

    eastern Kenya to eastern Tanzania and northern Mozambique

  • Phyllastrephus terrestris terrestris

    Eswatini and eastern and southern South Africa (from western KwaZulu-Natal southward along the coast to southwestern Western Cape)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.