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The Acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) is a bird found in South Africa and Namibia. Dry bush and gardens across southern Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Acacia pied barbet lives

Dry bush and gardens across southern Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs30%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🌸 Nectar10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by African Bioacoustics Community (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1166409. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Acacia pied barbet

Where does the Acacia pied barbet live?

The Acacia pied barbet lives in South Africa and Namibia. Dry bush and gardens across southern Africa.

What does the Acacia pied barbet eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Acacia pied barbet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Africa

• Lesser swamp warbler
• Cape crow
• Bateleur
• African penguin
• Rüppell's vulture
• Hooded vulture

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.