Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCavity nestSmall · 52 g

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Nicole Kearney, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Brown-breasted 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 Brown-breasted Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Tanzania Kenya Malawi Mozambique

About the Brown-breasted Barbet

The brown-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-backed BarbetPogonornis minorThe white-faced barbet or black-backed barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolletiThe black-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusThis is a conspicuous, large barbet at 26 centimetres (10 in) in overall length.

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