Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli Scientific name definitions

c. 17 cm; 41–63 g. Male brown , with bare blackish-grey head ; pale bristly tufts around base of bill; secondaries and tertials narrowly edged yellowish; bill yellow to light brown. Distinguished from G. bona­partei by pale bill, bare face, and lack of grey on neck; from G. calvus by smaller bill, indistinct yellowish-buff edges to wing feathers, and bristly tufts above bill; from G. sladeni by paler, more yellow-brown coloration, more yellow on wings, paler bill. Female like male. Immature has feathered brown head, soft darker tufts about head, and darker bill than adult.

S Sierra Leone E to S Cameroon, Congo and W DRCongo and S to Gabon and Cabinda (N Angola).

Fruits and insects. Hangs in manner of tit (Paridae) to secure fruits. Feeds in fruiting trees with often more common G. bonapartei and, especially, G. calvus.

Series up to 5 seconds long of soft hoots; “pyew” notes pitched higher than those of G. calvus; “tyee” chatters or rattles.