Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Phyllastrephus

Terrestrial Brownbul

Phyllastrephus terrestris

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0

Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0

Sean Hartnett · CC_BY_4_0

Thomas Koffel · CC_BY_4_0

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)

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.