Hairy-breasted Barbet
Tricholaema hirsuta (Swainson, 1821)
Lybiidae — African Barbets
Hairy-breasted Barbet, Tricholaema hirsuta, is a bird of central and western Africa, where it occurs in tropical rainforest. It belongs to the African barbets and was described by Swainson in 1821. Its range includes lowland primary forest, and it also uses older secondary forest. The species is recorded from a wide spread of countries across the region, and it reaches elevations of up to 1,800 m. Four subspecies are recognised, each with its own regional distribution.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae — African Barbets
- Breeding range
- Africa: c, w
