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Naked-faced barbet

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Naked-faced barbet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Gymnobucco
Species:
G. calvus
Binomial name
Gymnobucco calvus
(Lafresnaye, 1841)
Subspecies[2]
  • Gymnobucco calvus calvus - (Lafresnaye, 1841)
  • Gymnobucco calvus congicus - Chapin, 1932
  • Gymnobucco calvus vernayi - Boulton, 1931
Naked-faced barbet

The naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (the African barbets). It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).

In nesting cavity

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gymnobucco calvus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22726016A94909149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726016A94909149.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.