Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli)

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Southern Sierra Leone east to southern Cameroon, western Zaire and south to Gabon and Cabinda (northern Angola).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli) [XC177376]
by Brendan Sloan from Antwikwaa, Kakum National Park, Ghana (call)

Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli) [XC719169]
by Alain Verneau from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Sladen's Barbet (Gymnobucco sladeni), both also rather closely related to Naked-faced Barbet (Gymnobucco calvus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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