Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Red-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus) - HBW 10, p. 218
French: Bulbul moustac
German: Rotschwanzbleda
Spanish: Bulbul Bigotudo
Other common names: (Common) Bristlebill
Taxonomy: Dasycephala syndactyla Swainson, 1837, Sierra Leone.
Proposal that present species forms a species pair with B. eximius undermined by recent molecular evidence, which suggests that it is sister-taxon to the rest of genus. Moreover, these data do not support the traditional subspecific treatment as listed below, but indicate a more complex situation; pending further study, however, it is considered better to adopt an orthodox approach. Racial affiliation of birds in Angola uncertain, provisionally included in woosnami. Otherwise, race nandensis (described from N Nandi Forest, in W Kenya), is only very slightly more yellow bel.. View all taxonomy...
Proposal that present species forms a species pair with B. eximius undermined by recent molecular evidence, which suggests that it is sister-taxon to the rest of genus. Moreover, these data do not support the traditional subspecific treatment as listed below, but indicate a more complex situation; pending further study, however, it is considered better to adopt an orthodox approach. Racial affiliation of birds in Angola uncertain, provisionally included in woosnami. Otherwise, race nandensis (described from N Nandi Forest, in W Kenya), is only very slightly more yellow below than woosnami, and regarded as a synonym of latter; multicolor (SE Nigeria E to W DRCongo) is not satisfactorily distinguishable from nominate. Species name sometimes given as syndactyla, but genus is masculine. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- syndactylus (Swainson, 1837) - Sierra Leone E to W DRCongo (Bangui, Lukolela, Tshuapa).
- woosnami Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 - E DRCongo (Kasai, Lualaba, Upper Congo), S Sudan, Uganda, W Kenya, N Angola and extreme NW Zambia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched and preening its wing once Locality Rondo Retreat, Kemeri, Kenya (ssp woosnami)
Marc de Bont 4 January 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 3.5
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2 birds on the ground, feeding on ant eggs
Locality Rondo Retreat, Kemeri, Kenya
Chris and Megan Perkins 17 December 2006 1 year ago 3.6
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