Black-backed barbet

Black-backed barbet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Lybiidae
Genus:	Lybius
Species:	L. minor
Binomial name
	Lybius minor; (Cuvier, 1816)
Subspecies
	L. m. minor - (Cuvier, 1816); L. m. macclounii - (Shelley, 1899);

The white-faced barbet^[3] or black-backed barbet (Lybius minor) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat it is normally found in is riverine woodland and forest edges.

The common name 'white-faced barbet' recently applied to the species Pogonornis macclounii,^[3] which has since been relegated to a subspecies of Lybius minor.

References

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Lybius minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
^ ^a ^b "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lavushi Manda National Park". BirdLife International. 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Lybius minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

[2] Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.

[birdlife2001-3] "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lavushi Manda National Park". BirdLife International. 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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