Red-tailed bristlebill | |
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Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Bleda |
Species: | B. syndactylus
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Binomial name | |
Bleda syndactylus (Swainson, 1837)
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Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]The red-tailed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Dasycephala (a synonym for Attila).
Subspecies
[edit]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
[edit]It is an ant follower.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Driscoll, Peter V. The effects of logging on bird populations in lowland New Guinea rainforest (Thesis). University of Queensland Library.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-07.