Bleda syndactylus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The red-tailed bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus) or common bristlebill, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is widely present throughout the African tropical rainforest. It prefers primary over secondary forests.
The red-tailed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Dasycephala (a synonym for Attila). Found from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Zambia It is an ant follower.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bristlebill sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June, August–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bristlebill in Kakum National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Bristlebill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Common Bristlebill sightings, Kakum National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 50%), Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Bristlebill is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (26 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
