Yellow-lored Bristlebill (Bleda notatus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Bleda notatus and B. ugandae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as B. notatus following Chappuis and Erard (1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	780,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Maiombe
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mbam Minkom - Kala
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Gabon	Akanda
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Equatorial Guinea	Nsork Highlands National Park
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Nigeria	Biseni forests

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Bleda notatus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-lored-bristlebill-bleda-notatus on 02/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 02/12/2023.