Yellow-breasted Barbet
Trachyphonus margaritatus(Cretzschmar, PJ, 1828)
English (US) Yellow-breasted Barbet
The Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus) 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
- Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-breasted Barbet
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Trachyphonus margaritatus margaritatus
- Trachyphonus margaritatus somalicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco margaritatus
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1828)
- Type locality
- Sennar.
- Original description
- Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel (1826) p.30 pl.20
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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