Hairy-breasted Barbet - BirdForum Opus

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Kakamega, Kenya

Tricholaema hirsuta

Identification

17–18 cm (6¾-7 in)
Male

• Black uppperparts with yellow spots
• Yellow edges to wing feathers

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, Senegambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• T. h. hirsuta:

• Sierra Leone to south-central Nigeria

• T. h. flavipunctata:

• South-eastern Nigeria and Cameroon to northern and central Gabon

• T. h. angolensis:

• Southern Gabon to southern Zaire, southern Congo and north-western Angola

• T. h. ansorgii:

• South-eastern Cameroon to eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania

Habitat

Lowland primary forest and adjacent dense secondary forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and arthropods. The fruits include berries and figs.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Hairy-breasted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hairy-breasted_Barbet

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