Hairy-breasted Barbet - BirdForum Opus

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Kakamega, Kenya

Tricholaema hirsuta

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^[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

Behaviour

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hairy-breasted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hairy-breasted_Barbet

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