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Bristlebill

Genus of birds

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They are 18–23 cm long with fairly long, stout bills. The upperparts are mainly green-brown while the underparts are yellow. The birds have whistling songs.

The nest is made of leaves or sticks and built in a shrub or small tree. Two eggs are laid.

Taxonomy

The genus Bleda was introduced in 1857 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the red-tailed bristlebill as the type species. The genus was named after Bleda, elder brother of Attila and joint ruler of the Huns.

Species

The genus contains the following five species:

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Bleda:

  • Kakamega greenbul (as Xenocichla kakamegae)
  • Olive-breasted greenbul (as Xenocichla kikuyuensis)
  • Mountain greenbul (as Xenocichla nigriceps)
  • Black-browed greenbul (as Xenocichla fusciceps)
  • Yellow-throated greenbul (as Xenocichla chlorigula)
  • Stripe-cheeked greenbul (as Xenocichla milanjensis)
  • Stripe-faced greenbul (as Xenocichla striifacies)
  • Sjöstedt's greenbul (as Xenocichla clamans)
  • Yellow-throated leaflove (as Xenocichla flavicollis)
  • Uganda yellow-throated greenbul (as Xenocichla pallidigula)
  • Gabon leaflove (as Xenocichla orientalis)
  • Placid greenbul (as Xenocichla placida)
  • Xavier's greenbul (as Xenocichla Xavieri)
  • White-throated greenbul (as Xenocichla albigularis)
  • Yellow-streaked greenbul (tenuirostris) (as Xenocichla tenuirostris)
  • Sharpe's greenbul (as Bleda alfredi)
  • Grey-headed greenbul (as Xenocichla poliocephala)
  • Lowland tiny greenbul (as Xenocichla debilis)
  • Yellow-bearded greenbul (as Xenocichla olivacea)

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