Black-throated Barbet

The upper two black-throated barbets were photographed at Same (6-18) and Mkomazi Gate (4-20), courtesy of Per Holmen; Ngutukoiti (left 3rd row, 2-07) and Engikaret (right 3rd row and row 3). The 5th row bird was also seen at Engikaret (9-10), courtesy of Valéry Schollaert, and the 6th row at Tsavo West (2-12), courtesy of Karine Van der Vurst; the 7th row bird, at Naipilokonya (8-14). The 8th row birds were photographed at Ubuntu (3-13), courtesy of Paul Oliver. The mating pair in the 9th row photos was at Shambarai swamp (10-17), courtesy of Trude Peterson. The bottom photo is courtesy of Frank Priscus Shirima. Note the characteristic elongated yellow spots on the back and the faint yellow on the rump. The endemic Tanzanian subspecies flavibuccalis has a brown throat patch extending down the center of the breast.

	Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
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