Red-tailed bristlebill

The red-tailed bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus) or common bristlebill, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is widely present throughout the African tropical rainforest.

Red-tailed bristlebill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Bleda
Species:
B. syndactylus
Binomial name
Bleda syndactylus
(Swainson, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Bleda syndactyla
  • Dasycephala syndactyla

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-tailed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Dasycephala (a synonym for Attila).

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • Gabon bristlebill (B. s. syndactylus) - (Swainson, 1837): Found from Sierra Leone to western Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola
  • Uganda bristlebill (B. s. woosnami) - Ogilvie-Grant, 1907: Also named Bocage's bristlebill. Found from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Zambia

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Bleda syndactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713056A94357787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713056A94357787.en.
  2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.


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