Whyte's Barbet
Stactolaema whytii(Shelley, GE, 1893)
English (US) Whyte's Barbet
The Whyte's Barbet (Stactolaema whytii) 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
- Stactolaema whytii
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Whyte's Barbet
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Stactolaema whytii buttoni
- Stactolaema whytii stresemanni
- Stactolaema whytii terminata
- Stactolaema whytii angoniensis
- Stactolaema whytii whytii
- Stactolaema whytii sowerbyi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Smilorhis whytii
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1893)
- Type locality
- Zomba, Nyasaland.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.5, no.17 p.11 pl.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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