Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)
About the Crested Barbet
The crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) ('trachys'=rough, 'phone'=voice, sound') is a sub-Saharan bird in the Lybiidae family. Its specific name commemorates François Levaillant, a famed French naturalist. Two subspecies are recognized, with T. v. nobilis usually included in the nominate subspecies. The subspecies are distinguished by subtle differences in speckling, body size and color intensity. Individual variation is typical however, besides being paler in drier regions, and richer in colour in wetter areas. Trachyphonus vaillantii vaillantii — occurs commonly from Central to Southern Africa Trachyphonus vaillantii suahelicus — to the north and east of the nominate, Angola, DRC in Central Africa, to Tanzania and Mozambique in East Africa.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 118 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudiirecording
- Usambiro BarbetTrachyphonus usambirorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.