Barbets (Capitonidae)
D'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii) - HBW 7, p. 176
French: Barbican d’Arnaud
German: Ohrfleck-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Capuchino
Other common names: Maasai/Masai/Usambiro Barbet (usambiro)
Taxonomy: Micropogon darnaudii Prévost and Des Murs, 1850, Kordofan, south Sudan.
Related to the T. margaritatus superspecies, but not very closely. Race usambiro sometimes considered a full species on basis of vocal and other differences, but one of two duet roles is identical to those of other races, and usambiro is no more distinct than are they. Nominate includes proposed race zedlitzi (L Baringo, Kenya). Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- darnaudii (Prévost & Des Murs, 1850) - SE Sudan and SW Ethiopia S to NE Uganda and WC Kenya.
- boehmi Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 - S & E Ethiopia and S Somalia S to EC & SE Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- usambiro Neumann, 1908 - SW Kenya to CN Tanzania.
- emini Reichenow, 1891 - NC Tanzania (E to Dar es Salaam suburbs).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in an acacia bush and flying away. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boehmi)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 5 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
perched high Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boehmi)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 1 year ago 15 sec 4 -
Two birds in a bush, one of them flying away Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp darnaudii)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 3 years ago 14 sec 3.6 -
A bird moving in an acacia tree. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boehmi)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
A bird on the top of a tree Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp darnaudii)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 3 years ago 6 sec 3.1 -
A bird in a bush Locality Melka Guba, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boehmi)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 5 years ago 16 sec 2.8
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An adult bird calling.
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp darnaudii)
Steve Garvie 9 July 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
On acacia tree near Yabelo (Ethiopia)
Locality Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 19 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Portrait
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Jim Watt 3 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
a bird dueting on a branch
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boehmi)
Stefan Helming 23 May 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
In a picnic area
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
JOSÉ ENRIQUE JIMÉNEZ 22 August 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Bird in the thorny scrub
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp usambiro)
Jim Watt 3 March 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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