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Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet.

The epitome of a Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet with contrastingly marked face, strong bill, rather short tail. Both sexes of nominate race black above, with golden rump, golden-yellow in wings; white supercilia, white line across forehead and down to neck side, white throat; underparts pale olive-yellow, more olive laterally.It mainly eats fruit, supplemented with insects and nectar, foraging in the upper tree canopy.

Size: ±10-12 cm; 11-18•5 g. (Mabibi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, RSA).

 

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Uploaded on October 24, 2016
Taken on September 9, 2016