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A bird wearing a stunning combination of a bright red forehead and striking yellow-and-white eyebrows.

Meet the Acacia Pied Barbet

The acacia pied barbet or pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) has a black-and-white striped head with a red front and forecrown with a pale yellow superciliary stripe. He wears a black bib under the chin, with a white breast and underparts in the drier land subspecies. His look is finished off with dark brown eyes and blackish legs and feet.

Both sexes look very similar in appearance.

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Juvenile birds lack the red mark on the forehead and the under plumage looks more streaky.

This species is found in southern Africa, from southern Angola, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique, through Namibia and Botswana and throughout South Africa.

The acacia pied barbet is mostly found in dry savannas, unsurprisingly those dominated by Acacia and Baikiaea, also using dry scrublands, plantations, pastures, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

They feed mainly on fruits, especially figs, and mistletoes, but also nectar, flowers, and insects.

Acacia pied barbet breed from September through to June as monogamous and territorial birds. Both sexes excavate and build the nest hole into the underside of a branch. Within the female lays 2 to 4 eggs which are incubated by both sexes for around 12 to 18 days. The chicks are also fed by both parents and fledge around 35 days after hatching.

This species has a very large breeding range and appear to be common throughout most of this range, even with an increasing population in some areas due to the increasing amount of alien trees to nest in.

You can watch and listen to this bird right here in the video below:

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