Double-toothed Barbet

Also known as Tooth-billed Barbet, Double-toothed African Barbet

Double-toothed barbets are stocky, vividly colored birds recognized by their black upperparts, bright red bellies, and massive yellowish bills featuring two tooth-like serrations on the upper mandible. Living in pairs or small family groups, they inhabit forest edges, gallery woodlands, and orchards across tropical Africa, maintaining territories through synchronized duet singing. They excavate deep nest cavities in rotting tree branches, providing critical breeding shelters that later benefit other forest cavity nesters.