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Until recently treated as a subspecies of Green-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda eximius), but acoustic and morphological data indicate that it is a separate species. Taxonomic confusion resulted in uncertainty over which of the two was involved in published observations in some of the earlier literature. As a consequence of these findings, considered to form a superspecies with Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus). Molecular evidence from more recent work supports these treatments. It further suggests that subspecies ugandae may also merit species rank, a view reinforced by some morphological and (less convincingly) acoustic data. Species name sometimes given as notata, but genus is masculine.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• notatus (Cassin, 1857)   -  Extreme south-eastern Nigeria and Bioko I east to south-western Central African Republic, south to lower R Congo.
• ugandae van Someren, 1915   -  South-eastern Central African Republic, DRCongo (except lower reaches of R Congo), extreme south-western Sudan and Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-eyed Bristlebill (Bleda ugandae).

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