Barbets (Capitonidae)
Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) - HBW 7, p. 175
French: Barbican promépic
German: Haubenbartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Crestado
Other common names: Levaillant’s Barbet
Taxonomy: Trachyphonus Vaillantii Ranzani, 1821, south-east Cape Province.
Forms a link between forest-dwelling T. purpuratus and typical ground barbets such as group including T. erythrocephalus and T. darnaudii, being intermediate in bill morphology and some plumage features. Racial differentiation difficult to evaluate, owing to mosaic evolution (correlated with rainfall, birds being paler in more xeric areas) and individual variation; proposed race nobilis, known from single specimen from Botswana, now included within nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- suahelicus Reichenow, 1887 - C Angola, S & E Zaire and SW Uganda to N Tanzania, S to Zambia, N Zimbabwe, Malawi and C Mozambique.
- vaillantii Ranzani, 1821 - S Angola, NE Namibia, N & E Botswana, S Zimbabwe, and from S Mozambique S to E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird looking around and flying to a tree Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp vaillantii)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 3 years ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A female calling and then preening Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Keith Blomerley 23 October 2004 5 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird sitting in a bush and eating a fruit Locality Woodlands Campsite, Francistown, North-East District, Botswana (ssp vaillantii)
Keith Blomerley 5 January 2007 4 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A male in a tree Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Keith Blomerley 23 October 2004 5 years ago 31 sec 3.4 -
A bird eating ants Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 10 October 2002 7 years ago 12 sec 2.9 -
A bird feeding on ants Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 10 October 2002 7 years ago 27 sec 2.5
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Close up of a bird on the ground at Satara restcamp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Ghislain Gosse 15 August 2011 11 weeks ago 4.6 -
on the ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Libor Vaicenbacher 1 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Perched on a branch looking very proud.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 16 August 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Carmelo López 12 December 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird sitting in a tree.
Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
David Beadle 11 January 2011 5 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a barbecue in Satara Camp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Luis Mario Arce 11 August 2010 1 year ago 3.7
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Calling from a low tree. Mopani area. 11:49am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp vaillantii)
Charles Hesse 25 December 2009 1 year ago 3
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