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Piciformes / Lybiidae / Trachylaemus

Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachylaemus purpuratus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yebbar5) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Trachylaemus

Subspecies (2)

Trachylaemus purpuratus elgonensis

South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward to western Kenya
Trachylaemus purpuratus purpuratus

southeastern Nigeria to Central African Republic, northern Angola, and central Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yebbar5) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.