| Lybius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Subfamily: | Lybiinae |
| Genus: | Lybius Hermann, 1783 |
| Species | |
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Lybius is a genus of African barbets from the family Lybiidae (formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae). This genus ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.
It contains the following species:
- Spot-flanked Barbet, Lybius lacrymosus
- Black-throated Barbet, Lybius melanocephalus
- Banded Barbet, Lybius undatus
- Vieillot's Barbet, Lybius vieilloti
- White-headed Barbet, Lybius leucocephalus
- Chaplin's Barbet or Zambian Barbet, Lybius chaplini
- Red-faced Barbet, Lybius rubrifacies
- Black-billed Barbet, Lybius guifsobalito
- Black-collared Barbet, Lybius torquatus
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