Biology:Black-throated barbet

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-throated barbet
TricholaemaSmit.jpg
Black-throated barbet (above), and pied barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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

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. Its distribution has moved northward.[3]

Seen at Lake Bogota – Kenya

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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22681808/92921373. 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.
  3. K. Nkwabi, Ally; Yoram Kavana, Pius (2023-07-26), "Vegetation and Avifauna Distribution in the Serengeti National Park", Environmental Sciences (IntechOpen), ISBN 978-1-80356-137-0, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106165, retrieved 2023-11-02 

Wikidata ☰ Q1265033 entry