The yellow-billed barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Yellow-billed barbet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Trachyphonus
Species:
T. purpuratus
Binomial name
Trachyphonus purpuratus
Subspecies[2]
  • T. p. goffinii - (Goffin, 1863)
  • T. p. togoensis - (Reichenow, 1891)
  • T. p. purpuratus - Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1851
  • T. p. elgonensis - Sharpe, 1891
Yellow-billed Barbet

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Trachylaemus purpuratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725980A94907982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725980A94907982.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.