Common name: Bristle-nosed Barbet

Scientific name: Gymnobucco peli

Local name: -

Approximate measurements:
Mass (grams): 43-63
Length (cm): -
Wing length (mm): 77-86
Larger sex: No difference

Distribution: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire and Angola

Status: Common to uncommon resident

Habitat: Lowland forests

General habits: Active, often moves among common Naked-faced Barbets and therefore confused with them. Roosts socially.

Feeding habits: Forages for fruit in forest trees. Tit-like when securing fruit. Only fruit noted in diet.

Breeding habits: Nests socially in cavities excavated in dead trees. Often associated wityh colonies of Naked-faced Barbets.
Egg laying: April to October. Varies depending on area.
Nest: Cavity excavated in a dead tree.
Eggs: -
Incubation: -
Young: -