| Lybius | |
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| black-billed barbet (L. guifsobalito) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Lybius Hermann, 1783 |
| Type species | |
| Lybius guifsobalito Hermann, 1783
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Lybius is a genus of African barbets from the family Lybiidae (formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae). This genus ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.