Vieillot's Barbet
Lybius vieilloti(Leach, WE, 1815)
English (US) Vieillot's Barbet
The Vieillot's Barbet (Lybius vieilloti) 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
- Lybius vieilloti
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vieillot's Barbet
- Described by
- (Leach, WE, 1815)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Lybius vieilloti buchanani
- Lybius vieilloti rubescens
- Lybius vieilloti vieilloti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pogonius vieilloti
- Described by
- (Leach, WE, 1815)
- Type locality
- Africa = Ethiopia by designation of Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1902, p. 426.
- Original description
- The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals 2 p.104 pl.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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