Red-and-yellow Barbet

  • (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

Length – 20–23 cm

Weight  – 40–75 g

Distribution:South Eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and North Eastern Tanzania.

 

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Red-and-yellow barbet is found in Eastern Africa, it is a species of African Barbet. Red-and-yellow barbets are omnivores, feeding on seeds, fruit, and invertebrates. They live in not very opened areas, such as riverbeds and cliffs or termite mounds.

Males of red-and-yellow barbet have distinctive black (spotted white), red, and yellow plumage. Females  are similar, but less brightly colored.

Some people keep red-and-yellow barbets as pets.

 

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