Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1878

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,820 m, occasionally up to 2,130 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) [XC63027]
by Richard Fleming from Robert's Camp, Lake Baringo, Kenya (call)

Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) [XC244604]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Dola Mena-Negele road near Genale river, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus), with which sometimes thought conspecific. Both rather closely related to D'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii), less so to Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii).

Proposed subspecies gallarum (south-central Ethiopia) and jacksoni (southern Ethiopia to north-central Kenya) probably represent intergrades of subspecies shelleyi and versicolor.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

shelleyi Hartlaub, 1886 - South-eastern Ethiopia to north-western and southern Somalia.
versicolor Hartlaub, 1882 - North-eastern Uganda and south-eastern Sudan to southern and central-eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.
erythrocephalus Cabanis, 1878 - Central Kenya to north-eastern and north-central Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) - 10 files

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