The yellow-lored bristlebill or lesser bristlebill (''Bleda notatus'') is a species of
songbird in the
bulbul
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical As ...
family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-lored bristlebill was originally described in the genus ''Trichophorus'' (a synonym for ''
Criniger
''Criniger'' is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of ''Criniger'' are found in western and central Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Criniger'' was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminc ...
''). Formerly, some authorities considered the yellow-lored bristlebill as
conspecific with the
green-tailed bristlebill
The green-tailed bristlebill (''Bleda eximius'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to Ghana. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habita ...
.
References
* Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) ''Birds of Africa south of the Sahara'', Struik, Cape Town.
Further reading
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yellow-lored bristlebill
The yellow-lored bristlebill or lesser bristlebill (''Bleda notatus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-lored bristlebill was originally described in ...
Birds of the Gulf of Guinea
Birds of Central Africa
yellow-lored bristlebill
The yellow-lored bristlebill or lesser bristlebill (''Bleda notatus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-lored bristlebill was originally described in ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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