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Spotted in a tree in front of my caravan
Marula / Knob-thorn Open Tree Savanna
Moremi Game Reserve, east of Okavango Delta, Botswana
Regular visitor to harvest the berries of the bluebush outside my study.
Forests, savannah and sub-urban gardens, woodland thickets and watercourses.
This was photographed at Gwahumbe Game Reserve in Mid-Illovo, Kwazulu Natal, ...
Hypomelanism: absence of the pigment melanin in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, ...
Crested Barbet that came and took a breather landing at a tree by my house
A very colourful bird, the bill is used to dig nesting holes in tree trunks ...
red and yellow face, throat, belly and vent. Black breast, crest, upperparts ...
With its thick bill and very colourful plumage the Crested Barbet is ...
This small bird has a speckled yellow and red face with a small black crest. ...
Colorful bird with yellow and red breast. On back: black feathers with white ...
They are found singly or in pairs. They like to bounce around on the ground ...
This small bird has a speckled yellow and red face with a small black crest. ...
The Crested barbet occurs from Angola and Zambia south to southern Africa, ...