Thursday, August 16, 2012

>Bleda eximius (Green-tailed Bristlebill)

Green-tailed Bristlebill















Green-tailed Bristlebill
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Bleda
Species:B. eximius
Binomial name
Bleda eximius
(Hartlaub, 1855)
Synonyms
Bleda eximia
The Green-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda eximius) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in West Africa in south-west Ghana, southern Ivory Coast, Liberia, southern Guinea and southern Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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