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 female calling and then preening Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Keith Blomerley 23 October 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a bird-hide! Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Nacho Aransay 20 April 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 4.3 -
A bird eating ants Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 10 October 2002 8 years ago 12 sec 4 -
An individual feeding on flowers Locality Matusadona National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp suahelicus)
Greg Baker 7 September 1999 1 year ago 53 sec 3.8 -
Bird calling from an aerial in suburb. Locality Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Doug and Denise Norris 1 September 2008 13 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 30 sec 3.8 -
A male in a tree Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Keith Blomerley 23 October 2004 7 years ago 31 sec 3.4
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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 1 year ago 4.6 -
A Crested Barbet at Dikhololo Resort, South Africa
Locality Dikhololo Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 14 July 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Carmelo López 12 December 2010 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 2 years ago 4 -
on the ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vaillantii)
Libor Vaicenbacher 1 October 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Perched in a tree on the banks of the Okavango
Locality Okavango River, Kavango Region, Namibia
Lee Hunter 8 June 2010 9 weeks ago 3.8
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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 3 years ago 3
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