Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernFruit

ForestCavity nestSmall · 23 g

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Caroline Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa), photo 10 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Spot-flanked Barbet sounds like

Sonogram of the Spot-flanked Barbet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Spot-flanked Barbet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spot-flanked Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Uganda Tanzania Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa

About the Spot-flanked Barbet

The spot-flanked barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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

Easily confused with

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.

Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephalaThe black-throated barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

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