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| − | + | [[Image:Red-fronted_Barbet.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}} <br />Lake Baringo, [[Kenya]], February 2006]] | |
| − | [[Image:Red-fronted_Barbet.jpg|thumb| | + | ;[[:Category:Tricholaema|Tricholaema]] diademata |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Thick bill | + | 16–17 cm (6¼-6¾ in) |
| + | *Thick bill | ||
| + | *Red forehead | ||
| + | *Broad yellow [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[ | + | '''Eastern Africa''': found in [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Tanzania]] |
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | [[Image:DSC 7935.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Langano, [[Ethiopia]], February 2018]] | ||
| + | There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''T. d. diademata'': | ||
| + | :*Southeastern [[South Sudan]] and central [[Ethiopia]] to south to eastern [[Uganda]] and central [[Kenya]] | ||
| + | *''T. d. massaica'': | ||
| + | :*Southcentral [[Kenya]] to central and southwestern [[Tanzania]] | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Open bush and woodland. | + | Open bush and and acacia woodland. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Diet==== | |
| − | + | Their main diet consists of fruit, vine tendrils and thistle seeds. They will also eat insects such as ants or termites. | |
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | In display, the male erects his throat and rump feathers while pointing his bill down. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | {{GSearch|Tricholaema+diademata}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]][[ | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tricholaema]] |
Latest revision as of 00:55, 5 March 2018
- Tricholaema diademata
Identification
16–17 cm (6¼-6¾ in)
- Thick bill
- Red forehead
- Broad yellow supercilium
Distribution
Eastern Africa: found in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- T. d. diademata:
- Southeastern South Sudan and central Ethiopia to south to eastern Uganda and central Kenya
- T. d. massaica:
Habitat
Open bush and and acacia woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit, vine tendrils and thistle seeds. They will also eat insects such as ants or termites.
Breeding
In display, the male erects his throat and rump feathers while pointing his bill down.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-fronted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-fronted_Barbet
