Crested Barbet

Afrikaans name: Kuifkophoutkapper

Crested Barbet

Photo © Steven Herbert

Trachyphonus vaillantii

The Crested Barbet is an oddly coloured bird with splashes of red, black, white and yellow.

It has a large bill which it uses to eat fruit, insects and birds eggs.

Crested Barbets may be seen singly or in pairs. In suitable habitat they are quite common and make their presence known with their trilling call that goes on and on.

They are found in a variety of habitats including gardens, savannah, forest edges and woodland.

They lay up to 5 eggs in a hole in a tree or a log. Both parents tend to the young.

Photo © Steven Herbert

Roberts Birds Names by Edition

Edition	Roberts nr	Scientific name
1st	439	Trachyphonus vaillantii vaillantii
2nd	439	Trachyphonus vaillantii
3rd	439	Trachyphonus vaillantii
4th	439	Trachyphonus vaillantii
5th	473	Trachyphonus vaillantii
6th	473	Trachyphonus vaillantii
7th	69	Trachyphonus vaillantii

Edition	Roberts nr	English name
1st	439	Crested Barbet
2nd	439	Crested Barbet
3rd	439	Crested Barbet
4th	439	Crested Barbet
5th	473	Crested Barbet
6th	473	Crested Barbet
7th	69	Crested Barbet

Edition	Roberts nr	Afrikaans name
1st	439	Kuifkop-houtkapper
2nd	439	Kuifkop-houtkapper
3rd	439	Kuifkop-houtkapper
4th	439	Kuifkop-houtkapper
5th	473	Kuifkophoutkapper
6th	473	Kuifkophoutkapper
7th	69	Kuifkophoutkapper

References and further reading

Wild About Johannesburg - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 1995 - Page: 49

Wildlife of Southern Africa - Author: Martin Withers and David Hosking - Published: 2011 - Page: 132

The Sandton Field Guide - Author: Sandton Nature Conservation Society - Published: 1982 - Page: 53

Southern African Bird Names Explained - Author: Charles Clinning - Published: 1989 - Page: 144

Southern African Wildlife - Author: Readers Digest - Published: 1989 - Page: 176

The Birds of South Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Dr. Austin Roberts - Published: 1949 - Page: 179

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 4th Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 2011 - Page: 272

SA 4X4 - Vol 21 No 2 - Author: - Published: 2013 - Page: 70

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 1993 - Page: 264

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa - 6th Edition - Author: Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Published: 1993 - Page: 407

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 4th Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1981 - Page: 314

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa - 5th Edition - Author: Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Published: 1985 - Page: 410

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 3rd Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1975 - Page: 299

Questions and Answers - Birds of Southern Africa - Author: Deirdre Richards - Published: 1990 - Page: 3

Roberts Bird Guide - Author: Hugh Chittenden - Published: 2007 - Page: 38

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 2nd edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1957 - Page: 233

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 7th Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 2000 - Page: 264

Newmans Garden Birds - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 1991 - Page: 64

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 1984 - Page: 264

Illustrated Guide to the Game Parks and Nature Reserves of SA - 2nd edn - Author: Readers Digest - Published: 1991 - Page: 411

Meeting with Birds - Author: Tom Spence - Published: 1986 - Page: 74

Ian Sinclairs Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair - Published: 1988 - Page: 190

Geoff Lockwoods Garden Birds of Southern Africa - Author: Geoff Lockwood - Published: 0 - Page: 58

Garden Birds in South Africa - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 2017 - Page: 75

Garden Birds of Southern Africa - Author: P. Ginn & G. McIlleron - Published: 1981 - Page: 48

Field Guide to the Cradle of Humankind - Author: B. Hilton-Barber & Prof. L. R. Berger - Published: 2004 - Page: 183

Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger National Park - Author: Ian Sinclair and Ian Whyte - Published: 1991 - Page: 132

Common Birds of the North Coast - Author: Bing Comrie - Published: 2005 - Page: 54

Everyones Guide to South African Birds - Author: John Sinclair and John Mendelsohn - Published: 1987 - Page: 63

Collins Illustrated Checklist - Birds of Southern Africa - 1st edition - Author: Ber van Perlo - Published: 1999 - Page: 47

Birds of the Transvaal - Author: Tarboton, Kemp and Kemp - Published: 1987 - Page: 157

Birds of Southern Africa - Kruger National Park - Author: Kenneth Newman - Published: 1985 - Page: 142

Bird Atlas of Natal - Author: Digby Cyrus and Nigel Robson - Published: 1980 - Page: 174

Animals of the Kruger National Park - Author: G. de Graaff - Published: 1987 - Page: 98

A Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: O.P.M. Prozesky - Published: 1983 - Page: 187

A First Guide to South African Birds - 6th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1959 - Page: 94

A First Guide to South African Birds - 7th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1975 - Page: 94

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