Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor)

Other Names (World)
Black-backed Barbet, MacClounie's Barbet (macclounii)

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cuvier, 1816)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor) [XC552064]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (call)

Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor) [XC566367]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Related both to Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus) and to the Double-toothed Barbet (Pogonornis bidentatus) group, latter including that species and the superspecies formed by Bearded Barbet (Pogonornis dubius) and Black-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis rolleti). Subspecies macclounii considered a separate species by some, but interbreeds with nominate minor over a considerable area (south-western Zaire to north-central Angola). Form sometimes referred to as "intercedens" is hybrid between those subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

minor (Cuvier, 1816) - Southern Gabon to western Zaire and south to west-central Angola.
macclounii (Shelley, 1899) - North-eastern Angola, south-central Zaire, southern Burundi and western Tanzania south to northern and western Zambia and north-western Malawi.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor) - 10 files

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