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Barbet

Order: Piciformes - 9 families in 2 suborders - Pici and Galbuli - combined in 2026
Family Capitonidae (New World barbets) - 1 species depicted (out of 14 species)
Family Lybiidae (African barbets) - 4 species in 3 genera depicted (out of 43 species)
Family Megalaimidae (Asian barbets) - 0 species depicted (out of 35 species)
Family Semnornithidae (toucan-barbets) - 0 species depicted (oout of 2 species)

Species on page

Family Capitonidae (New World barbets)

+ Red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

Family Lybiidae (African barbets)

+ D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
+ Red and yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus )
+ Black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus)
+ Acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)

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Family Capitonidae (New World barbets)

Red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

Barbet

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Male red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
Family: Capitonidae (new world barbets)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2
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Female red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
Family: Capitonidae (new world barbets)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Male red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
Family: Capitonidae (new world barbets)
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Red-headed barbet

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Male red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
Family: Capitonidae (new world barbets)
El Monte
Mindo, Ecuador
June 19, 2022
Canon R5
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Family Lybiidae (African barbets)

D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)

D'Arnaud's Barbet

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D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
Family Lybiidae (African barbets)
Tanzania
September 16, 2006

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Barbet

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D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
Family Lybiidae (African barbets)
Serengeti
Tanzania
August 11, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Red and yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

Barbet

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Red and yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
Family Lybiidae (African barbets)
Kiserian
Tanzania
August 7, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus)

Black collar affair

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Black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus)
Family Lybiidae (African barbets)
Botswana

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Acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)

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Acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)
Family: Lybiidae
Etosha
Namibia
August 16, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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Last modified: July 4, 2026
Created: September 7, 2014 (from jacamar.html)
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