Yellow-lored bristlebill

Yellow-lored bristlebill
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Bleda
Species:	B. notatus
Binomial name
Bleda notatus (Cassin, 1856)
Synonyms
Bleda eximia notata Bleda eximia notatus Bleda eximius notata Bleda eximius notatus Bleda notata Trichophorus notatus

The yellow-lored bristlebill or lesser bristlebill (Bleda notatus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in central Africa. It is most often found at lower elevations. ^[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

The yellow-lored bristlebill was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger ). Formerly, some authorities considered the yellow-lored bristlebill as conspecific with the green-tailed bristlebill.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Bleda notatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T103817273A113102362. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103817273A113102362.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Miller, Steven C.; Wiethase, Joris H.; Motove Etingue, Amancio; Franklin, Elaine; Fero, Maximilliano; Wolfe, Jared D.; Gonder, Mary K.; Powell, Luke L. (2021-09-12). "Interactive effects of elevation and newly paved road on avian community composition in a scientific reserve, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea". Biotropica. 53 (6): 1646–1663. doi:10.1111/btp.13014. ISSN   0006-3606.

• Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Struik, Cape Town.

Further reading

• Huntley, J.W.; Voelker, G. (2016). "Cryptic diversity in Afrotropical lowland forests: the systematics and biogeography of the avian genus Bleda". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 297–308. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.002 .