Green Barbet
Cryptolybia olivacea
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Genus
- Cryptolybia
- eBird Code
- grebar2
Subspecies (5)
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Cryptolybia olivacea belcheri
southern Malawi (Mount Thyolo) and northern Mozambique (Mount Namuli)
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Cryptolybia olivacea howelli
central Tanzania (Udzungwa and Mahenge mountains)
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Cryptolybia olivacea olivacea
southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
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Cryptolybia olivacea rungweensis
highlands of southwestern Tanzania to northern Malawi
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Cryptolybia olivacea woodwardi
southeastern Tanzania (Rondo Plateau) and KwaZulu-Natal (Ngoye Forest)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.