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Acacia Pied Barbet
Bonthoutkapper · Tricholaema leucomelas
A small pied barbet of drier woodland, marked with a red forehead and pale eyebrow. It favours acacia and mopane country in the central and northern park, feeding on fruit, nectar and insects, and excavating its own nest hole in dead wood. It stays all year.
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Small black-and-white barbet with a red forehead and yellow eyebrow, smaller than the black-collared.
Listen for its call
Nasal, honking "nyaa-nyaa" notes and soft hoots.
Where to see it in Kruger
Drier acacia and mopane woodland, mainly in the central and northern park.
Did you know
It carves its own nest hole into soft dead branches using its strong little beak.
Often confused with
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