Miombo Pied Barbet

Tricholaema frontata (Cabanis, 1881)

Miombo Pied Barbet, Tricholaema frontata, is a bird of miombo woodland across Africa from Angola to Tanzania and Malawi, with records also from the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. It belongs to the African barbets and is placed in the order Piciformes. It is mainly associated with dense woodland, though it also occurs in more open country, including altered woodland and grassy places with scattered trees. The species has a black head with a red mark on the forecrown, white scalloping on the nape, and yellow lines above the eyes.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Lybiidae — African Barbets

Breeding range

Africa: Angola to Tanzania and Malawi