Black-backed barbet

The white-faced barbet[3] or black-backed barbet (Lybius minor) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat it is normally found in is riverine woodland and forest edges.

Black-backed barbet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Lybius
Species:
L. minor
Binomial name
Lybius minor
(Cuvier, 1816)
Subspecies[2]
  • L. m. minor - (Cuvier, 1816)
  • L. m. macclounii - (Shelley, 1899)

The common name 'white-faced barbet' recently applied to the species Pogonornis macclounii,[3] which has since been relegated to a subspecies of Lybius minor.


References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lybius minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
  3. "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lavushi Manda National Park". BirdLife International. 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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