Black-breasted Barbet
Pogonornis rolleti(de Filippi, F, 1853)
English (US) Black-breasted Barbet
The Black-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis rolleti) 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: southern Chad to northeastern Central African Republic, South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pogonornis rolleti
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-breasted Barbet
- Described by
- (de Filippi, F, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pogonias Rolleti
- Described by
- (de Filippi, F, 1853)
- Type locality
- Between lat 3° and 4° N., White Nile.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 5 p.290
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Double-toothed Barbet
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Bearded Barbet
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Banded Barbet
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Vieillot's Barbet
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White-headed Barbet
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Chaplin's Barbet
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Red-faced Barbet
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Black-billed Barbet
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