Africa’s Barbets
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2012
Well, the answer is that the moniker Red-headed Barbet was first given to the South American species that still bears and thus it had precedence to retain the name. Its nickname of “Fruit-salad” bears witness to its rather random pattern of red, yellow, black and white. Image taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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