Red-tailed Bristlebill - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Common Bristlebill

Photo by Tib78
Buhoma, Uganda, December 2014

Bleda syndactylus

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

Taxonomy

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].

Habitat

Lowland moist montane forests and moist shrubland.

Behaviour

A shy bird.

Diet

Their diet includes ants.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-tailed Bristlebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-tailed_Bristlebill

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