Red-faced Barbet
Lybius rubrifacies(Reichenow, A, 1892)
English (US) Red-faced Barbet
The Red-faced Barbet (Lybius rubrifacies) 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.
Range: acacia belt of southwestern Uganda to eastern Rwanda and northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lybius rubrifacies
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-faced Barbet
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pogonorhynchus rubrifacies
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1892)
- Type locality
- Kimo-ani, south-west of Lake Victoria.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Allgemeinen Deutschen Ornithologen Gesellschaft zu Berlin p.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bearded Barbet
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Banded Barbet
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White-headed Barbet
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Chaplin's Barbet
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Black-billed Barbet
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Black-collared Barbet
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