About Trachyphonus vaillantii Ranzani, 1821
This species, the crested barbet, is an unmistakable small bird. It has a thick bill, very colourful plumage, and a small black crest. Its face is speckled yellow and red. Its belly is yellow with red speckles, its wings are black with white speckles, and it has a broad black band across its neck. Its head and body are primarily yellow with black and white feathers, and it has red markings on the end of its body. This colouring blends well into bush vegetation. It produces a distinct trilling call. Its habitat includes forests, savannah, suburban gardens, woodland thickets, and watercourses. It occurs in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
