White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Lybiidae
Genus
Lybius
eBird Code
whhbar1

Subspecies (6)

  • Lybius leucocephalus adamauae

    northern Nigeria to southern Chad, western Central African Republic, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Lybius leucocephalus albicauda

    southwestern and southern Kenya to northern Tanzania

  • Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus

    South Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania; possibly also eastern Central African Republic

  • Lybius leucocephalus leucogaster

    highlands of southwestern Angola

  • Lybius leucocephalus lynesi

    central Tanzania

  • Lybius leucocephalus senex

    highlands of central and south-central Kenya

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.