scarlet throat and belly separated by a black band (Zoo; 2008-10-21)


Bearded Barbet
Lybius dubius

Native Range: Africa

Notes: resides in gardens and open woodlands of tropical western Africa; figs are a favored part of its diet; forms social groups of several birds that sometimes roost together in a tree cavity; no sexual dimorphism.


large ivory bill; yellow eye patch; black upperparts (Zoo; 2008-10-21)

some yellow flanking the red on the belly (Zoo; 2008-10-21)
large yellowish bill (Zoo; 2013-05-29)