The Banded Barbet (Lybius undatus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The little-known Banded Barbet is very widely distributed throughout Ethiopia between 300 and 2400 meters (1000–8000 feet). Although the numbers and abundance of this species have not been determined, it seems to vary from being uncommon in the north west and cast to locally common elsewhere in the country, living singly or in pairs in trees near water.
It has been reported to eat insects (beetles) and the fruit of fig trees. The barbet has been described also to hawk insects like a flycatcher and to hang from a branch up side down like a tit. Its call notes are metallic and it produces also a "gr-gr-grgrgr..." in rising tempo. The barbet has been reported to nest in a hole in a branch of a tree or in a tree or in a stump: the time of nesting and the eggs have not been described.
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