Red-tailed bristlebill

Red-tailed bristlebill
Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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

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. It prefers primary over secondary forests. ^[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

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

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized: ^[3]

• 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

Diet

It is an ant follower. ^[2]

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 . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Driscoll, Peter V. The effects of logging on bird populations in lowland New Guinea rainforest (Thesis). University of Queensland Library.
3. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.