Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Piciformes > Lybiidae > Stactolaema > Stactolaema whytiiStactolaema whytii (Whyte's Barbet)The Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.54711 EDGE Score: 2.02116 |
Adult Weight [1] | 54 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 4.2 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [3] | 60 % | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 40 % | Forages - Canopy [3] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 40 % | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [3] | 20 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 7 inches (19 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Banti Forest Reserve |
Zimbabwe |
A2, A3 |
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Bvumba Highlands |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Chizarira National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A3 |
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Dzalanyama Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Kalungwishi |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasungu National Park |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lusenga Plain NP |
Zambia |
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Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Mutinondo Wilderness |
Zambia |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Nyanga mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Robert McIlwaine Recreational Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shiwa Ng'andu |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Stapleford Forest |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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![](/img/rangekey.png) Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz 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 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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