Lybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. There are 42 species ranging from the type genus Lybius of forest interior to the tinkerbirds (Pogoniulus) of forest and scrubland. They are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of the far south-west of South Africa.
The African terrestrial barbets, Trachyphoninae, range from the southern Sahara to South Africa. Members of one genus, Trachyphonus, are the most open-country species of barbets. The subfamily Lybiinae contains the African arboreal barbets. There are 37 species of Lybiinae in 6 genera.
Lybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. There are 42 species ranging from the type genus Lybius of forest interior to the tinkerbirds...
The tinkerbirds or tinker barbets are the genus Pogoniulus of the Lybiidae, the African barbet family of near passerines, which was formerly included in...
Ramphastides Family Megalaimidae – Asian barbets (about 35 species) Family Lybiidae – African barbets (about 43 species) Family Capitonidae – New World barbets...
('trachys'=rough, 'phone'=voice, sound') is a sub-Saharan bird in the Lybiidae family. Its specific name commemorates François Levaillant, a famed French...
infraorder Ramphastides Capitonidae, the family of the New World barbets Lybiidae, the family of the African barbets Megalaimidae, the family of the Asian...
World true barbets are retained in the Capitonidae. The African barbets (Lybiidae) and the Asian barbets (Megalaimidae), as well as the two toucan-barbets...
species have been found to be distinctive and are considered, along with the Lybiidae and Ramphastidae, as sister groups. In the past the species were placed...
Galbulidae: jacamars Family Bucconidae: puffbirds Suborder Pici Family Lybiidae: African barbets Family Megalaimidae: Asian barbets Family Ramphastidae:...
moustached tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda...
western tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae native to Central Africa, where it has been recorded at altitudes from...
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