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Crested barbet

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Photo by RachaelB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A very colourful bird, the bill is used to dig nesting holes in tree trunks (pic #3)
Very vocal emitting a monotonous trill that sounds like a muffled alarm clock.

Habitat:

Wooded areas

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KarenL
Hi Ietermagog, I see you have made a species ID suggestion here & on other spottings that have already been correctly identified! Please can you only make suggestions where the species is either unidentified or wrongly identified, Thanks!
RachaelB
Ah, that was supposed to be at the front! I'll change it now.
Maria dB
especially like the second photo

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PublishedJanuary 29, 2012

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