Black-backed Barbet
Pogonornis minor(Cuvier, GLCFD, 1816)
English (US) Black-backed Barbet
The Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor) 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
- Pogonornis minor
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Black-backed Barbet
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pogonornis minor minor
- Pogonornis minor macclounii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pogonias minor
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1816)
- Type locality
- 'Afrique et aux Indes' ; restricted to northern Angola by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 62, 1942, p. 46.
- Original description
- Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée 1 p.428,note2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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