Red-tailed bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

The red-tailed bristlebill 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.
Red-tailed Bristlebill, Kenya Bleda syndactylus,Geotagged,Kenya,Red-tailed bristlebill,Winter

Naming

Two subspecies are recognized:
⤷  Gabon bristlebill - : Found from Sierra Leone to western Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola
⤷  Uganda bristlebill - Ogilvie-Grant, 1907: Also named Bocage's bristlebill. Found from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Zambia

Food

It is an ant follower.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyPycnonotidae
GenusBleda
SpeciesB. syndactylus
Photographed in
Kenya