Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Lesser Bristlebill (Bleda notatus) - HBW 10, p. 219
French: Bulbul jaunelore
German: Kleiner Grünschwanzbleda
Spanish: Bulbul Manchado
Taxonomy: Trichophorus notatus Cassin, 1856, Moonda River, Gabon.
Until recently treated as a race of B. eximius, but acoustic and morphological data indicate that it is a separate species; taxonomic confusion resulted in uncertainty over which of the two was involved in published observations in some of the earlier literature. As a consequence of these findings, considered to form a superspecies with B. canicapillus. Molecular evidence from more recent work supports these treatments. It further suggests that race ugandae may also merit species rank, a view reinforced by some morphological and (less convincingly) acoustic data; additiona.. View all taxonomy...
Until recently treated as a race of B. eximius, but acoustic and morphological data indicate that it is a separate species; taxonomic confusion resulted in uncertainty over which of the two was involved in published observations in some of the earlier literature. As a consequence of these findings, considered to form a superspecies with B. canicapillus. Molecular evidence from more recent work supports these treatments. It further suggests that race ugandae may also merit species rank, a view reinforced by some morphological and (less convincingly) acoustic data; additional study required. Species name sometimes given as notata, but genus is masculine. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- notatus (Cassin, 1856) - extreme SE Nigeria and Bioko I E to SW Central African Republic, S to lower R Congo.
- ugandae van Someren, 1915 - SE Central African Republic, DRCongo (except lower reaches of R Congo), extreme SW Sudan and Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda (ssp ugandae)
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2006 4 years ago 26 sec 3.6
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Adult perched.
Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda (ssp ugandae)
Nik Borrow 3 July 2010 19 weeks ago 3.5
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