Gray-throated Barbet

Gymnobucco bonapartei

Gray-throated Barbet, Gymnobucco bonapartei, photo © by Michael Plagens

Semi-open wooded area on the Elgeyo Escarpment, Iten, Kenya. Oct. 2016.

This otherwise drably plumaged barbet is recognizable on account of the short crest of feathers that adorns the front of the head.

Lybiidae -- Barbet Family

Books:

  • Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
  • Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe

More Information:


Kenya Natural History

Copyright Michael J. Plagens, created 16 May 2017