Green-tailed bristlebill

{{Short description|Species of songbird}}

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| image = Green-tailed bristlebill (Bleda eximius) Ankasa.jpg

| image_caption = Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Bleda eximius |volume=2018 |page=e.T22713069A129920168 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713069A129920168.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Bleda

| species = eximius

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1855)

| synonyms = * Bleda eximia

• Trichophorus eximius

| range_map = Bleda eximius distribution map.png

}}

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 habitat loss. The green-tailed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger).{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=68043A8853CE665E|title=Bleda eximius - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-05-07}} Formerly, some authorities considered the yellow-lored bristlebill as conspecific with the green-tailed bristlebill.