- Lybius melanopterus
Identification
19 cm (7½ in)
- Red cap and throat
- Brown upper breast
- White lower parts
- Darker brown upperparts
- Long dark tail
- Dark eyes
- Horn coloured bill
- Dark legs and feet
Distribution
Eastern Africa: southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and south-eastern Malawi.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Coastal and riverine forest. Savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
Not a lot is known. They feed on insects and a variety of fruit and figs
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-breasted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-breasted_Barbet
