A bird whose large black cummerbund breaks up its crushingly red waistcoat and whose face is thickly bristling and bespeckled!

With its big head and short tail, the rather fаt and very noticeable bearded barbet (Lybius dubius) is a 26-centimeter-long bird. A bird’s breаst band, back, tail, and crown are all black when it’s an adult. Below the black breаst band, the throat is flecked with white and has a crimson-red hue. In addition to its distinctive yellow plumage, this bird is easily recognizable by its large bill, which is bristling and topped with a dense cluster of barbs.

The rumρ is white, and the eyes are red with a yellow patch around them.

Identical appearances are shared by the sexes.

In tropical west Africa, the bearded barbet is a common breeder. Even in residential gardens, you can see the Bearded Barbet foraging for food among the many fig trees that the area is known for.

Bearded barbets eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including figs, as part of their frugivorous diet. The fruit is consumed in its full form, and the seeds are then scattered. Insects, frogs, lizards, and geckos are also occasionally seen among them.

The hen lays her clutch of eggs—sometimes as many as two—in a tree cavity and the eggs spend about thirteen to fifteen days incubating. Each parent helps with the nesting process.