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Common Name

Black-backed Barbet

Alternate Names

Common Type

Barbet

Order

Piciformes

Family

Lybiidae

Genus

Lybius

Species

minor

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Riverine woodland and forest edge

Distribution and Range

Gabon, Angola, RofC, DRC

Food

Omnivorous eating fruits and vegetables and less often small reptiles, insects and other arthropods.

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Field Notes:

Their heavy bill is fringed with bristles. Generally solitary birds outside of breeding. Use their calls to mark one's territory and to find a mate. Often will duet with their mate so well that it sounds like a single bird.

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