Barbets (Capitonidae)
Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus) - HBW 7, p. 176
French: Barbican perlé
German: Perlenbartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Perlado
Taxonomy: Bucco margaritatus Cretzschmar, 1826, Sennar, east-central Sudan.
Forms a superspecies with T. erythrocephalus, and the two are sometimes considered conspecific; both are related rather closely to T. darnaudii, less so to T. vaillantii. Validity of subdivision into races perhaps questionable; also, NE Sudan birds, described as race kingi, and those from C Sudan, as berberensis, both considered indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- margaritatus (Cretzschmar, 1826) - E Mauritania E to Chad, C & NE Sudan, N Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
- somalicus Zedlitz, 1910 - E Ethiopia and Djibouti to N Somalia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a thorny fence and flying away. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp somalicus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 3.4 -
A dorsal view of a bird looking around Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp somalicus)
Ron Hoff 14 December 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 3.4 -
A bird ejecting a pellet. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp somalicus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 3.1
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An inquisitive Yellow-breasted Barbet flies in to investigate my spishings.
Locality Mhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 November 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus)
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 15 February 2010 1 year ago 2.4 -
A bird perched on a thorny fence.
Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2005 1 year ago 2.3
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