Black-backed barbet

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Black-backed barbet

The white-faced barbet[3] or black-backed barbet (Pogonornis minor) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat it is normally found in is riverine woodland and forest edges.

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Black-backed barbet
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogonornis
Species:
P. minor
Binomial name
Pogonornis minor
(Cuvier, 1816)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. m. minor - (Cuvier, 1816)
  • P. m. macclounii - (Shelley, 1899)
Synonyms

Lybius macclounii
Pogonornis macclounii
Lybius minor

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The common name 'white-faced barbet' recently applied to the species Pogonornis macclounii,[3] which has since been relegated to a subspecies of Pogonornis minor.[2]

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