Adult (Brown-and-white) © Adam Riley eBird S64990048 Macaulay Library ML 204678831
Adult (White-headed) © Kevin Vande Vusse
Adult (White-headed) © GARY DOUGLAS
Adult (Brown-and-white) © James Kashangaki
Adult (White-headed) © Julien Lamouroux

White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus

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Identification

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Chunky, medium-sized black-and-white barbet. There is a wide range of geographical variation in the distribution and extent of black and white in the plumage. The tail can be black or white, the wings can be all black or heavily white-spotted, and the underparts can be all white or all black with thin white streaks. Found locally, usually in the vicinity of fig trees, in a variety of habitats including open savanna, gardens, lush woodland, and gallery forest. The calls are a repeated “wheet” and rapid chatters which are usually given together by a group.

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