Grey-headed bristlebill

{{Short description|Species of songbird}}

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| image = Flickr - Rainbirder - Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapilla) (1) (cropped).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Bleda canicapillus |volume=2018 |page=e.T22713083A131967846 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713083A131967846.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Bleda

| species = canicapillus

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1854)

| range_map = Bleda canicapillus distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Bleda canicapilla

  • Trichophorus canicapillus

}}

The grey-headed bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-headed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger).{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D4B9EE90&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Bleda canicapillus - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-05-07}}

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Two subspecies are recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-07}}

  • B. c. canicapillus - (Hartlaub, 1854): Found from Guinea-Bissau to south-western Cameroon
  • B. c. morelorum - Érard, 1991: Found in Senegal and Gambia

References

{{Commons category|Bleda canicapillus}}

{{Wikispecies|Bleda canicapillus}}

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grey-headed bristlebill

Category:Birds of West Africa

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