Hairy-breasted Barbet
Tricholaema hirsuta(Swainson, WJ, 1821)
English (US) Hairy-breasted Barbet
The Hairy-breasted Barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta) 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
- Tricholaema hirsuta
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hairy-breasted Barbet
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Tricholaema hirsuta hirsuta
- Tricholaema hirsuta flavipunctata
- Tricholaema hirsuta angolensis
- Tricholaema hirsuta ansorgii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pogonias hirsutus
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1821)
- Type locality
- Africa; Gold Coast designated as type locality by Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI, 42, 1922, p. 62.
- Original description
- Zoological Illustrations ser.1, vol.2, no.14 pl.72,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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