Black-throated Barbet

Tricholaema melanocephala

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Lybiidae
Genus
Tricholaema
eBird Code
bltbar1

Subspecies (4)

  • Tricholaema melanocephala blandi

    north-central and northeastern Somalia

  • Tricholaema melanocephala flavibuccalis

    north-central Tanzania (Seronera region and Wembere steppes)

  • Tricholaema melanocephala melanocephala

    northern and central Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northwestern Somalia

  • Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax

    southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Kenya, and northern and central Tanzania

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.