Acacia Pied Barbet
Tricholaema leucomelas(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Acacia Pied Barbet
The Acacia Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) 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 leucomelas
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Acacia Pied Barbet
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Tricholaema leucomelas centralis
- Tricholaema leucomelas affinis
- Tricholaema leucomelas leucomelas
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco leucomelas
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, pi. 688, f. 1.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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