Western Yellow-billed Barbet
Trachylaemus goffinii(Goffin, ALA, 1863)
English (US) Western Yellow-billed Barbet
The Western Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachylaemus goffinii) 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
- Trachylaemus goffinii
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Western Yellow-billed Barbet
- Described by
- (Goffin, ALA, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Trachylaemus goffinii goffinii
- Trachylaemus goffinii togoensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Capito goffinii
- Described by
- (Goffin, ALA, 1863)
- Type locality
- Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.2 Buccones no.15 p.72-73
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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