Black-throated barbet

The black-throated barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its distribution has moved northward.^[3]

Seen at Lake Bogoria – Kenya

Black-throated barbet
Black-throated barbet (above), and pied barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891 Calls recorded in southwest Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Lybiidae
Genus:	Tricholaema
Species:	T. melanocephala
Binomial name
Tricholaema melanocephala (Cretzschmar, 1829)
Subspecies[2]
T. m. melanocephala – (Cretzschmar, 1829) T. m. blandi – Lort Phillips, 1897 T. m. stigmatothorax – Cabanis, 1878 T. m. flavibuccalis – Reichenow, 1893
Synonyms
Tricholaema stigmatothorax

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tricholaema melanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681808A92921373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681808A92921373.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
3. K. Nkwabi, Ally; Yoram Kavana, Pius (26 July 2023), "Vegetation and Avifauna Distribution in the Serengeti National Park", Environmental Sciences, IntechOpen, ISBN 978-1-80356-137-0, retrieved 2 November 2023