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Bleda
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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPycnonotidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Collections
- ANSP, CLO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Malawi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pycnonotidae
- Named after
- Bleda
- Image
- Flickr - Rainbirder - Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapilla) (1) (cropped).jpg
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- Bleda
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- Bleda (genus)
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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.
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.
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