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Piciformes / Lybiidae / Tricholaema

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Tricholaema hirsuta

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (habbar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Tricholaema

Subspecies (4)

Tricholaema hirsuta angolensis

southern Gabon to southern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Congo, and northwestern Angola
Tricholaema hirsuta ansorgii

southeastern Cameroon to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
Tricholaema hirsuta flavipunctata

southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon to northern and central Gabon
Tricholaema hirsuta hirsuta

Sierra Leone to south-central Nigeria

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (habbar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.