Saturday, May 26, 2012

Red-and-Yellow Barbet

African Barbet

The Red-and-Yellow Barbet is a species of African Barbet found in Eastern Africa. The males of the species have distinctive black (spotted white), red and yellow plumage, while youngsters and females are similar, but a little more dull. The species lives in broken terrain and both nests and roosts in burrows. Omnivores, the species is generally very tame, feeding on seeds, fruit and invertebrates

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