Common name: Pied Barbet

Scientific name: Tricholaema leucomelas

Local name: Sikuta (Kwangali), Serokola (South Sotho), Mogôrôsi (Tswana)

Approximate measurements:
Mass (grams): 32
Length (cm): 18
Wing length (mm): 78
Larger sex: No difference

Distribution: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho

Status: Fairly common, breeding resident.

Habitat: Dense woodland, riverine and big trees around dams.

General habits: Solitary or in pairs. Very vocal. Roosts in own hole or in weaver's nests.

Feeding habits: Diet consists of fruit, nectar and some seed-pods.

Breeding habits: Monogamous, territorial with varying territory size.
Egg laying: October to December
Nest: Hole excavated in soft or dead wood
Eggs: 1-4
Incubation: 14-16 days by both sexes
Young: Hatch naked and blind and are fed by both parents. Young fledge after about 35 days.