Black-throated barbet

The black-throated barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Black-throated barbet
Black-throated barbet (above), and pied barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Tricholaema
Species:
T. melanocephala
Binomial name
Tricholaema melanocephala
(Cretzschmar, 1829)
Subspecies[2]
  • T. m. melanocephala - (Cretzschmar, 1829)
  • T. m. blandi - Lort Phillips, 1897
  • T. m. stigmatothorax - Cabanis, 1878
  • T. m. flavibuccalis - Reichenow, 1893
Synonyms
  • Tricholaema stigmatothorax

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tricholaema melanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681808A92921373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681808A92921373.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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