White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis) | Photos and ID

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White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Johan van Rensburg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 2 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 3 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 6 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 7 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 8 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 9 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis), photo 10 — Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Size is 17–18 cm. Weight 48–63 g. Dark brown woodland barbet with white belly and dark head; eyes brown with grey-black orbital skin, legs and feet black to grey-brown, with grey soles, and black bill. The amount of white on the face, rump, and wings varies geographically, but there is always a white stripe behind the eye. Sexes alike. Immature blacker than adult. Voice: Various harsh "skreek" calls.

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When to see the White-eared 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 White-eared Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Tanzania Zimbabwe Kenya Malawi Mozambique Eswatini

About the White-eared Barbet

The white-eared barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae . It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

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Easily confused with

Whyte's BarbetStactolaema whytiiWhyte's barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. Anchieta's BarbetStactolaema anchietaeAnchieta's barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

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