Bristlebills
Bleda
The bristlebills are a genus of passerine birds belonging to the genus Bleda in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in the understorey of forests in 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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Red-tailed Bristlebill
speciesBleda syndactylus
Gray-headed Bristlebill
speciesBleda canicapillus
Yellow-lored Bristlebill
speciesBleda notatus
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill
speciesBleda ugandae
Green-tailed Bristlebill
speciesBleda eximius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14673.