Common name: Grey-throated Barbet

Scientific name: Gymnobucco bonapartei

Local name: -

Approximate measurements:
Mass (grams): 62
Length (cm):
Wing length (mm): 80
Larger sex: No difference

Distribution: Kenya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Gabon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania

Status: Common endemic

Habitat: Forest and forest edge

General habits: Three to six individuals in social groups. Often perches quietly for long periods on a dead branch.

Feeding habits: Forages diversely, often flycatching. Food includes berries, figs and insects.

Breeding habits: Nests in groups with helpers.
Egg laying: Varies in different regions
Nest: Hole excavated by both adults above 2 meters in a dead tree.
Eggs: 3-5
Incubation: Adults may start incubation with the first egg.
Young: Unrecorded.