Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans) [XC114912]
by Bram Piot from For\u00eat d'Ebogo, Nyong-et-So, Cameroon (song)
Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans) [XC830724]
by id from Semuliki Forest NP, Uganda (song)
Subspecies
Along with Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi) and Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor) have in the past been considered to be babblers (Timaliidae). Forms a superspecies with Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi) and often treated as conspecific, but, although the two have similar songs, they occur together where ranges overlap marginally (western Cameroon).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
flavicans Cassin, 1859 - Extreme south-eastern Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando Póo), and south-western and southern Cameroon south to lower R Congo and north-western Angola (Cabinda, Cuanza Norte).
hypochondriacus (Reichenow, 1893) - South-eastern Central African Republic, south-western Sudan (Bengangai Forest), north, central and eastern DRCongo, western and southern Uganda and north-western Tanzania (Minziro Forest).