Acacia Pied Barbet
Tricholaema leucomelas
Woodland. Above black with yellow markings; red forehead; black throat on white underparts.
Barbets, Tinkerbirds
LC
Near Endemic
Description
Common, near-endemic resident. Differs from [Red-fronted Tinkerbird] in larger size and white underparts (eastern race has yellow wash on flanks, no black streaks) and black bib of varying extent. Immature lacks the red forehead. The call is a loud nasal ‘peh-peh…’, less frequently a long series of hoopoe-like ‘poop-poop…’ calls. Occurs singly or in pairs in a wide range of dry woodland habitats.
Quick Facts
Size
17-18 cm - S
Names
A: Bonthoutkapper
Z: unomunga
Ss: Serokolo
G: Rotstirn-Bartvogel
Bird Family
Stout-billed, robust and often colourful relatives of the woodpeckers, with loud, characteristic calls. They feed on fruits and insects and excavate nest-holes in trees. The smaller species are called tinkerbirds from the likeness of their calls to the metallic sound of a hammer on an anvil. Immatures are duller than adults.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly or in pairs in a wide range of dry woodland habitats.
