Family African Barbets (Lybiidae)
Least Concern
Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli)
Taxonomy
French: Barbican à narines emplumées German: Borstenbartvogel Spanish: Barbudo de pinceles
Taxonomy:
Gymnobucco Peli
Hartlaub
, 1857,Dabocrom, Ghana
.Distribution:
S Sierra Leone E to S Cameroon, Congo and W DRCongo and S to Gabon and Cabinda (N Angola).
Descriptive notes
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... read more
Voice
Series up to 5 seconds long of soft hoots; “pyew” notes pitched higher than those of... read more
Habitat
Primary and dense secondary forest and nearby fruiting trees, riverine swamps in high forest, also... read more
Food and feeding
Fruits and insects. Hangs in manner of tit (Paridae) to secure fruits. Feeds in fruiting trees with often more common G. bonapartei... read more
Breeding
Apparently Sept–Jan in Liberia, Nov–Dec in Ghana, May–Jun in Nigeria, most of year but especially in dry season in... read more
Movements
Resident, and sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Status uncertain. Little known, and possibly overlooked; easily confused with G. calvus and G. bonapartei; further information... read more
Closely related to G. sladeni; both also rather close to G. calvus. Monotypic.