- Lesser Bristlebill
Taxobox
name = Lesser Bristlebill
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Pycnonotidae
genus = "Bleda"
species = "B. notatus"
binomial = "Bleda notatus"
binomial_authority = (Cassin, 1857)
synonyms = "Bleda notata"The Lesser Bristlebill or Yellow-lored Bristlebill ("Bleda notatus") is a species of
songbird in thePycnonotidae family. It was formerly lumped with theGreen-tailed Bristlebill ("Bleda eximius") but is now often considered to be a separate species.The western form "B. n. notatus" is found in northern
Angola ,Cameroon , south-westCentral African Republic ,Republic of the Congo , westernDemocratic Republic of the Congo ,Equatorial Guinea ,Gabon and south-eastNigeria . Further east, "B. n. ugandae" occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southernSudan , north-westTanzania andUganda . It may be a separate species, the Yellow-eyed Bristlebill ("Bleda ugandae").References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54277/all Bleda notatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
* Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) "Birds of Africa south of the Sahara", Struik, Cape Town.
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