Common name: Whyte's Barbet

Scientific name: Stactolaema whytii

Local name: -

Approximate measurements:
Mass (grams): 53
Length (cm): 19
Wing length (mm): 93.5
Larger sex: No difference

Distribution: Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

Status: Common resident in restricted range

Habitat: Woodlands and riverine forest, edges of dry forest.

General habits: In pairs or groups of up to nine, often on dead trees. Roosts communally in nest-hole.

Feeding habits: Forages between understorey and canopy, often hangs tit-like gleaning insects from branches. Diet of insects, fruit and figs.

Breeding habits: Territorial, with groups of 3-6 maintaining the territory. Pairs engage in courtship feeding.
Egg laying: August to January
Nest: Hole excavated in a dead stump or dead portion of a live tree.
Eggs: 3-5
Incubation: Unrecorded
Young: Nestlings period approximately 49 days. Young are fed by all members of the breeding group, first on insects and later on fruit.