Pied Barbets and Allies
Tricholaema
Tricholaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family Lybiidae. It was formerly included with the New World barbets in the family Capitonidae and sometimes also in the Ramphastidae.
The genus Tricholaema was introduced by the French brothers Jules and Édouard Verreaux in 1855 with the hairy-breasted barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta) as the type species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek thrix meaning hair and laimos meaning "throat".
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Acacia Pied Barbet
speciesTricholaema leucomelas
Spot-flanked Barbet
speciesTricholaema lacrymosa
Red-fronted Barbet
speciesTricholaema diademata
Hairy-breasted Barbet
speciesTricholaema hirsuta
Black-throated Barbet
speciesTricholaema melanocephala
Miombo Pied Barbet
speciesTricholaema frontata
Tricholaema frontata × leucomelas
hybridTricholaema frontata × leucomelas
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71771.