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ShrublandCavity nestSmall · 32 g
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The acacia pied barbet has dark brown eyes and blackish legs and feet. It has a black-and-white striped head with a red front and forecrown and pale yellow superciliary stripe. It has a black bib under the chin, with a white breast and underparts in the drier land subspecies T. l. centralis. The breast and underparts are more dusky and streaky in the southerly nominate subspecies, and more yellowish in the easterly T. l. affinis. The sexes are similar in appearance. Juvenile birds lack the red mark on the forehead, and have the underpart plumage more streaky.
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When to see the Acacia Pied Barbet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Acacia Pied Barbet
The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Acacia Pied Barbet
The acacia pied barbet or pied barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae which is native to southern Africa.
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Easily confused with
Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosaThe spot-flanked barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae.
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsutaIts length is 17–18 cm (6.7–7.1 in), and it weighs 43–63 g (1.5–2.2 oz).
Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademataThe red-fronted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
Side by side: Acacia Pied Barbet vs Hairy-breasted Barbet
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