Avibase: Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis] (Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis])

Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis]

Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis] (= Bleda syndactylus woosnami) Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1907

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pycnonotidae
Genus:
   Bleda
Scientific:
  Bleda syndactylus woosnami

Original description

Citation:
Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1907

Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 19 p.87

Protonym:
Bleda woosnami

Type locality:
Mpanga Forest, 5,000 feet, Uganda.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100946#page/511/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0841F4E2D03F9396

Avibase ID:
avibase-0841F4E2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0841F4E2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 920181

Geographic range:

Bleda syndactylus woosnami: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya to northern Angola and far northwestern Zambia
Bleda syndactylus nandensis: western Kenya (Nandi Hills)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis]
French:
Bulbul moustac [woosnami ou nandensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Bristlebill [woosnami or nandensis] ( Bleda syndactylus [woosnami or nandensis])
Avilist 2025: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Bleda syndactylus woosnami [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Bleda syndactyla woosnami [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Bleda syndactyla woosnami [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Bleda syndactylus

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