Naked-faced Barbet
Gymnobucco calvus(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1841)
English (US) Naked-faced Barbet
The Naked-faced Barbet (Gymnobucco calvus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Lybiidae (African Barbets) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Gymnobucco calvus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Naked-faced Barbet
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Gymnobucco calvus calvus
- Gymnobucco calvus congicus
- Gymnobucco calvus vernayi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco calvus
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1841)
- Type locality
- Locality unknown := Ashanti.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 4 p.241
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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