Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachyphonus purpuratus - Barbican pourpré

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Lybiidés
Genus
:
Trachyphonus
Species
:
purpuratus

Descriptor

Verreaux, J Verreaux, É, 1851

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 65 à 100 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Trachyphonus purpuratus purpuratus (se Nigeria to Central African Republic, n and c DRCongo and nw Angola)
Trachyphonus purpuratus goffinii (Sierra Leone to Ghana)
Trachyphonus purpuratus togoensis (Togo to sw Nigeria)
Trachyphonus purpuratus elgonensis (s Sudan and ne DRCongo to w Kenya)

Foreign names

Barbican pourpré,
Barbudo piquigualdo oriental,
barbaças-de-bico-amarelo,
Gelbschnabel-Bartvogel,
Geelsnavelbaardvogel,
Barbetto beccogiallo,
gulnäbbad barbett,
Praktperleskjeggfugl,
perlavec žltozobý,
vousák žlutozobý,
Gulnæbbet Perleskægfugl,
sulttaaniseppä,
barbut becgroc oriental,
żółtodziób,
Желтоклювый трахифонус,
キバシオナガゴシキドリ,
黄嘴拟啄木鸟,
黃嘴擬啄木,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens