Tricholaema

Genus of birds

Tricholaema
Black-throated barbet (above) and pied barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Tricholaema
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Species

Tricholaema diademata
Tricholaema frontata
Tricholaema hirsuta
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Tricholaema leucomelas
Tricholaema melanocephala

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.[1] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek thrix meaning hair and laimos meaning "throat".[2]

The genus contains the following six species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tricholaema hirsuta Hairy-breasted barbet Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda
Tricholaema diademata Red-fronted barbet Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Tricholaema frontata Miombo pied barbet central Angola, the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Malawi, southwest Tanzania, and Zambia
Tricholaema leucomelas Acacia pied barbet Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Tricholaema lacrymosa Spot-flanked barbet Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Tricholaema melanocephala Black-throated barbet Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

References

  1. ^ Verreaux, Jules; Verreaux, Édouard (1855). "Oiseaux nouveaux du Gabon". Journal für Ornithologie (in Latin and French). 3: 101–106 [102–103].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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