Lybiidae

Lybiidae
Double-toothed barbet
Lybius bidentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Suborder: Pici
Infraorder: Ramphastides
Family: Lybiidae
Sibley & Ahlquist, 1985
Type genus
Lybius
Hermann, 1783
Genera

Buccanodon
Gymnobucco
Lybius
Pogonornis
Pogoniulus
Stactolaema
Trachyphonus
Tricholaema

Lybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. There are 42 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 6 genera.