Hairy-breasted Barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta)
About the Hairy-breasted Barbet
The hairy-breasted barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest. The species was described as Pogonias hirsutus by William Swainson in 1821. Four subspecies are recognized: T. h. hirsuta, from Sierra Leone to south central Nigeria; T. h. flavipunctata, from southern Nigeria to central Gabon; T. h. angolensis, from southern Gabon to northern Angola and T. h. ansorgii, from eastern Cameroon and the east of the DRC to western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 39 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. 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 Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephalarecording
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.