Double-toothed barbet

Double-toothed barbet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogonornis
Species:
P. bidentatus
Binomial name
Pogonornis bidentatus
(Shaw, 1799)
Synonyms
  • Melanobucco aequatorialis
    *Lybius bidentatus

The double-toothed barbet (Pogonornis bidentatus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Within Lybius bidentatus, there are two subspecies: Lybius bidentatus bidentatus and Lybius bidentatus aequatorialis.[2]

Photographed at Entebbe, Uganda
Illustration by Keulemans, 1891
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Lybius bidentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Lybius bidentatus double-toothed barbet". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 19 June 2018.