White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
About the White-headed Barbet
The white-headed barbet (Lybius leucocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. This species of African barbet comprises several races distinguished by different duetting song patters but all have a raucous greeting ceremony. It is the only barbet species to use simultaneous singing during a duet.
A real field recording of the White-headed Barbet. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda · xeno-canto lists 10 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
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- Black-backed BarbetLybius minorprofile
- Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalitoprofile
- Black-breasted BarbetLybius rolletiprofile
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatusprofile
- Brown-breasted BarbetLybius melanopterusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.