Black-breasted barbet

Black-breasted barbet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogonornis
Species:
P. rolleti
Binomial name
Pogonornis rolleti
(De Filippi, 1853)
Synonyms

Lybius rolleti

The black-breasted barbet (Pogonornis rolleti) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, and the extreme northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Uganda.

It occurs in woodlands of the eastern Sahel, between 200m and 1200m altitude (and as high as 2134m in western Sudan).[2]

Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.

Distribution and habitat

The black-breasted barbet's range is largely in South Sudan. It is however known from Zakouma National Park, where birders do go to search for it.[3]

Behaviour and ecology

This frugivorous barbet is known to frequent fig trees in Zakouma National Park in the dry season. As these riverine areas flood heavily in the wet season, their movements are unknown but they are not presumed to be migratory.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pogonornis rolleti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681869A92923971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681869A92923971.en. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ Short, L.L. and J. F. M. Horne (2020). Black-breasted Barbet (Lybius rolleti), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  3. ^ Chamberlain, David (November–December 2017). "Chasing in Chad – the barbet of Zakouma" (PDF). African Birdlife: 22–25. Retrieved 24 September 2022.


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