White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Genus
- Lybius
- eBird Code
- whhbar1
Subspecies (6)
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Lybius leucocephalus adamauae
northern Nigeria to southern Chad, western Central African Republic, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Lybius leucocephalus albicauda
southwestern and southern Kenya to northern Tanzania
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Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus
South Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania; possibly also eastern Central African Republic
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Lybius leucocephalus leucogaster
highlands of southwestern Angola
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Lybius leucocephalus lynesi
central Tanzania
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Lybius leucocephalus senex
highlands of central and south-central Kenya
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.