Bristlebill

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Bristlebill

The bristlebills are a genus Bleda of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. They are found in the forest understorey of western and central Africa. They forage for insects at or near ground-level, often near water. They will follow driver ant swarms to catch prey items fleeing from the ants and they frequently join mixed-species feeding flocks.

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Grey-headed bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Bleda
Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
Dasycephala syndactyla
(Red-tailed bristlebill)
Swainson, 1837
Species

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Synonyms
  • Xenocichla
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They are 18–23 cm long with fairly long, stout bills. The upperparts are mainly green-brown while the underparts are yellow. The birds have whistling songs.

The nest is made of leaves or sticks and built in a shrub or small tree. Two eggs are laid.

Taxonomy

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Perspective

The genus Bleda was introduced in 1857 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the red-tailed bristlebill as the type species.[1] The genus was named after Bleda, elder brother of Attila and joint ruler of the Huns.[2]

Species

The genus contains five species:[3]

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Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Bleda:

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