What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-tailed Bristlebill been recorded?

Bleda syndactylus occurrence evidence comes from 417 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1939 to 2024. Most records come from Uganda.

Red-tailed Bristlebill
Red-tailed Bristlebill — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPycnonotidaeBleda

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

417 records across 14 countries and territories, 1939–2024.

Bleda syndactylus · GBIF taxon key 7340458

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19392024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Red-tailed Bristlebill has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-tailed Bristlebill. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 262
DR Congo 41
Ghana 28
Central African Republic 21
Angola 14
Equatorial Guinea 14
Kenya 14
Gabon 6
Sudan 5
Liberia 4
Cameroon 3
Côte d'Ivoire 2
Tanzania 2
Benin 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.