Lybiidae
Sign in to saveLybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. There are 44 species ranging from the type genus Lybius of forest interior to the tinkerbirds (Pogoniulus) of forest and scrubland. They are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of the far south-west of South Africa.
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Lybiidae is a taxonomic family within the order Piciformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family is also referred to by the common name afrikaskjeggfuglfamilien.
Members of this family inhabit the Ethiopian region, specifically sub-Saharan Africa. Records associated with the family have been documented in Zimbabwe and South Africa. A total of 1,122,502 occurrences have been recorded for this taxon.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyLybiidae
ハバシゴシキドリ科（はばしごしきどりか、学名 Lybiidae）は、鳥類キツツキ目の科である。 エチオピア区（サハラ以南のアフリカ）に生息する。
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- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Collections
- NMV
- Recorded in
- Zimbabwe, South Africa
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Lybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. There are 44 species ranging from the type genus Lybius of forest interior to the tinkerbirds (Pogoniulus) of forest and scrubland. They are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of the far south-west of South Africa.
The African terrestrial barbets, Trachyphoninae, range from the southern Sahara to South Africa. Members of one genus, Trachyphonus, are the most open-country species of barbets. The subfamily Lybiinae contains the African arboreal barbets. There are 37 species of Lybiinae in 8 genera.
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