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Tricholaema melanocephala (Black-throated Barbet)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Black-throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Infraspecies

Tricholaema melanocephala blandi (Somaliland brown-throated barbet)
Tricholaema melanocephala flavibuccalis (Yellwo-cheeked barbet)
Tricholaema melanocephala melanocephala (African black-throated barbet)
Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax (Brown-throated barbet)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Female Weight [1]  19 grams
Male Weight [1]  22 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.8 %
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eritrean coastal desert Eritrea Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Ethiopian montane forests Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands Ethiopia, Eritrea Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Ethiopian montane moorlands Ethiopia Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Hobyo grasslands and shrublands Somalia Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Itigi-Sumbu thicket Tanzania, Zambia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands Kenya Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Serengeti volcanic grasslands Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian flooded grasslands Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Kora National Park II 409762 Kenya
Longido Local Authority Forest Reserve 5128 Tanzania  
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve 5696026 Tanzania  
Tsavo National Park II 3232255 Kenya

Important Bird Areas

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Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Aangole: Farbiito Somalia A1, A2, A3
Ali Sabieh: Assâmo Djibouti A3
Amboseli National Park Kenya A3
Arbowerow Somalia A3, A4iii
Arero forest Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Awash National Park Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Babille Elephant Sanctuary Ethiopia A3
Boorama plains Somalia A1, A2, A3
Dawa: Wachile Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Dida Galgalu desert Kenya A1, A2, A3
Far Waamo Somalia A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Forêt de Day Djibouti A1, A2, A3
Gacan Libaax Somalia A1, A2, A3
Ghinda Eritrea A3
Gulf of Zula Eritrea A3
Jowhar: Warshiikh Somalia A1, A2, A3
Konso: Segen Ethiopia A1, A3
Laag Dheere Somalia A3
Lake Baringo Kenya A3
Lake Bogoria National Reserve Kenya A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Chew Bahir Ethiopia A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Eyasi Tanzania A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Magadi Kenya A1, A4i, A4iii
Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Natron and Engaruka basin Tanzania A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Turkana Kenya A4i, A4iii
Longido Game Controlled Area Tanzania A1, A3, A4i
Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Mabla Djibouti A1, A2, A3
Mago National Park Ethiopia A3
Mankubsa: Welenso forest Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Massawa coast Eritrea A1, A3, A4i
Meru National Park Kenya A1, A2, A3
Mkomazi Game Reserve Tanzania A1, A3
Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir Tanzania A1, A3, A4i
Ol Donyo Sabache Kenya A1
Omo National Park Ethiopia A3
Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves Kenya A3
Saylac Somalia A3
Serengeti National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Shaba National Reserve Kenya A1, A2, A3
Sof Omar Ethiopia A1, A3
Tarangire National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i
Tsavo East National Park Kenya A1, A3
Tsavo West National Park Kenya A1, A3
Wembere steppe Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Western Plain: Barka river Eritrea A3
Western Plain: Gash: Setit Eritrea A3
Xarardheere: Awale Rugno Somalia A1, A2, A3
Xawaadley reservoir Somalia A3, A4i, A4iii
Yabello Sanctuary Ethiopia A1, A2, A3
Yangudi-Rassa National Park Ethiopia A1, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania No
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No
Horn of Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen No

Range Map

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 27-Dec-2005, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Short, LL, and JFM Horne. 2001. Toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. Oxford University Press, Oxford ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access