Biology:Whyte's barbet
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Stactolaema |
| Species: | S. whytii
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| Stactolaema whytii (Shelley, 1893)
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Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi.[2]
The bird is 18–20.4 cm (7.1-8.0 inches) long and weighs 51-63 grams (1.8-2.2 ounces). It is mainly brownish with a large black bill, head, and tail. The bird has a white malar mark, wings, and tail. There is also a small red spot under the malar mark.
Subspecies
Stactolaema whytii includes the following subspecies:[3]
- S. w. buttoni - (White, CMN, 1945)
- S. w. stresemanni - (Grote, 1934)
- S. w. terminata - (Clancey, 1956)
- S. w. angoniensis - (Benson, 1964)
- S. w. whytii - (Shelley, 1893)
- S. w. sowerbyi - Sharpe, 1898
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Stactolaema whytii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22681728A92917172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681728A92917172.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22681728/92917172. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 366.
- ↑ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
External links
- Whyte's barbet - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Wikidata ☰ Q1260350 entry
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