File:036 Usambiro barbet in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Description	English: Usambiro barbet in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Date	10 July 2024, 09:09:20
Source	Own work, from gileslaurent.com
Author	Giles Laurent

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:09, 14 August 2024		3,974 × 2,649 (7.87 MB)	Giles Laurent	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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Usage on ast.wikipedia.org
- Trachyphonus usambiro
Usage on ca.wikipedia.org
- Barbut de Tanzània
Usage on cy.wikipedia.org
- Barbed Usambiro
Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Benutzer:Giles Laurent
- Usambiro-Bartvogel
Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Utilisateur:Giles Laurent
Usage on meta.wikimedia.org
- User:Giles Laurent
Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Бородастики-трахифонусы
Usage on species.wikimedia.org
- Trachyphonus usambiro
Usage on uk.wikipedia.org
- Trachyphonus usambiro
Usage on www.wikidata.org
- Q5419861
- Q55111951

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Date metadata was last modified	17:03, 13 August 2024
Unique ID of original document	EAD9A3524B7F71233C3DEF523C5E631F
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File:036 Usambiro barbet in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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