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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

Barbets are a group of medium sized, chunky, generally colorful, frugivorous, hole-nesting near-passerines, that are popular targets for anyone birding in the tropics. The Banded Barbet is a medium-sized barbet that is endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea. Benson to collect birds. This image was also taken at Lalibela, Ethiopia.

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