Yellow-breasted Barbet

Trachyphonus margaritatus

Least Concern

The Yellow-breasted Barbet is an African barbet of Ethiopian and Horn of Africa highlands and dry woodland. It uses stout bills to eat fruit, figs, insects, and other small food, and often nests in cavities excavated in dead wood or soft branches. It is currently assessed as Least Concern, though healthy habitat and secure nesting trees remain important locally.

Family

Lybiidae

Group

African Barbets

Range

Yellow-breasted Barbet Range — Ethiopian and Horn of Africa highlands and dry woodland

Population

≈ Unknown

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