Red-tailed bristlebill explained

The red-tailed bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus) 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.^[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-tailed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Dasycephala (a synonym for Attila).

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• Gabon bristlebill (B. s. syndactylus) - (Swainson, 1837): Found from Sierra Leone to western Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola
• Uganda bristlebill (B. s. woosnami) - Ogilvie-Grant, 1907: Also named Bocage's bristlebill. Found from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Zambia

Diet

It is an ant follower.

Notes and References

1. The effects of logging on bird populations in lowland New Guinea rainforest . University of Queensland Library . Peter V . Driscoll.
2. Web site: Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List. www.worldbirdnames.org. en-US. 2017-05-07.