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Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega , Kenya, December 2006

Alternative name: Red-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• B. s. syndactylus:

• Sierra Leone to Gabon, north-western Angola, western Zaire and Zambia

• B. s. woosnami:

• Eastern Zaire to southern Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia

• B. s. nandensis:

• Western Kenya (Nandi Hills)

An additional subspecies multicolor is generally considered invalid^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Lowland moist montane forests and moist shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

A shy bird.

[edit] Diet

Their diet includes ants.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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