Crested barbet

Crested barbet
In Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Trachyphonus
Species:
T. vaillantii
Binomial name
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Ranzani, 1821
Subspecies[2]
  • T. v. suahelicus - Reichenow, 1887
  • T. v. vaillantii - Ranzani, 1821

The crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) ('trachys'=rough, 'phone'=voice, sound') is a sub-Saharan bird in the Lybiidae family. Its specific name commemorates François Levaillant, a famed French naturalist.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Trachyphonus vaillantii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681881A92924169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681881A92924169.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.