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 LC    Brown-breasted Barbet* Id (Atlas):
    Pogonornis melanopterus

Description (10)
Image of Brown-breasted Barbet
 

Other Names (World)
Brown-breasted Barbet, Black-winged Barbet

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Peters, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Mainly coastal, from southern Somalia to south-central Mozambique, ranging inland along rivers, more so in south, reaching to east-central Kenya, central-southern Tanzania and northern and south-eastern Malawi; inland populations often disjunct.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Brown-breasted Barbet (Lybius melanopterus) [XC96406]
     by Bram Piot from Liwonde, Malawi, Malawi (call, contact call)

 
Brown-breasted Barbet (Lybius melanopterus) [XC37715]
     by isaac kilusu from Mvuu, Liwonde, Malawi (call)

Subspecies
Related to Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor) and also to the Double-toothed Barbet (Pogonornis bidentatus) group, which includes that species and the superspecies formed by Bearded Barbet (Pogonornis dubius) and Black-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis rolleti). Paler brown Somalian birds sometimes placed in separate subspecies, didymus, but in fresh plumage they are dark, as are those from farther south, so separation not justified.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus) - 10 files


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