Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus)

Other Scientific Names
Bleda canicapilla [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Bleda canicapilla [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-headed Bristlebill, Gray-headed Bristlebill

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
20.50 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Benin, C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) [XC345102]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from For\u00eat de la Lama, Benin (call)

Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) [XC775663]
by Joost van Bruggen from Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana (song)

Subspecies
Recently shown by acoustic and morphological studies to form a superspecies with Yellow-lored Bristlebill (Bleda notatus). The two appear to meet in south-eastern Nigeria (Cross River National Park region) and south-western Cameroon (Takamanda Forest Reserve). Species name sometimes given as canicapilla, but genus is masculine, and in any case this species name is invariable.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

morelorum �rard, 1991 - Western Gambia and south-western Senegal.
canicapillus (Hartlaub, 1854) - Guinea-Bissau east to south-eastern Nigeria (also isolated population on Jos Plateau) and extreme south-western Cameroon (Takamanda).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) - 10 files

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