Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei Scientific name definitions

c. 16 cm; male 19–21 g, female c. 20 g (nominate), male 17–19 g, female 17–23g (kavirondensis). Small, short-tailed greenbul. Nominate race has top of head and neck olive-grey, lores and ear-coverts grey, slightly paler than crown, conspicuous white eyering; mantle, back and wings olive-green, rump, uppertail-coverts and tail reddish-brown; throat pale brownish-grey, underparts olive-grey, becoming warm ginger on flanks and lower belly; undertail-coverts rufous-brown; iris dark brown, brown or chestnut; bill black to dark horn, paler cutting edges; legs dark olive or greyish-olive. Distinguished from very similar E. gracilis by lack of any visible yellow tones on underparts, from E. curvirostris by contrasting grey head, from both also by voice. Sexes alike, female on average smaller than male. Juvenile is as adult, but head and breast somewhat greyer, underparts below breast paler and buffy, gape yellow, legs pale olive. Race <em>kavirondensis</em> has grey of head tinged brown, olive-green upperparts also tinged brownish, slightly greyer breast and flanks, centre of belly with faint yellowish wash (visible only in the hand), undertail-coverts yellowish-brown.

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Song “wheet-whuut-whit”, “tiu-wheet-tweet” or “hweet tyu-hoo hweet”, similar to that of E. gracilis but lacking its sprightliness; third syllable sometimes dropped. Also distinctive harsh, rapid, flat trill, “ritittititititit” or “tchitchitchithcithci”, not given by E. gracilis.