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Vieillot's barbet
Lybius vieilloti
12.122, 15.0672
Field Notes
Description:
Vieillot's Barbet is a small, sparrow sized barbet with large head and beak, easily recognizable red face and crown, white to white-yellow and red-spotted underparts. The upperparts are dark-brown, or blackish, with the exception of white-yellow rump.
Habitat:
African species, occurring in Sahel belt, from Senegal to Sudan, in dry woodlands and scrublands. Here observed in urban area, seen in N'Djamena center.
Notes:
For my 500th spotting and my 200th bird spotting on Project NOAH, I've chosen this species, who was, at the time of sighting, a lifer for me... and remains the only spotting of this species up to now.
It was also a first time I used a photo technique I developed through my wanderings, that give to shots that foggy and unearthly aspect... ... ... ;-) This is all nonsense, of course - I had to shot quickly through mosquito nets on windows... I saw this beauty in branches of neighboring tree, and knew that I would lose a shot if I tried to open and make noise. Well, whatever, the result was above my expectations, a bit foggy, but not that bad in the end...
And by the way, I believe it is also the first spotting of this species on Project NOAH...
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