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 LC    Green Barbet* Id (Atlas):
    Cryptolybia olivacea

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Green Barbet, African Green Barbet, Olive Barbet, Woodward's Barbet (woodwardi)

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1880)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

 
Green Barbet (Stactolaema olivacea) [XC456825]
     by Peter Ericsson from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (song)

 
Green Barbet (Stactolaema olivacea) [XC510403]
     by Peter Boesman from Amani nature reserve, Tanga, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Cryptolybia, but differences in morphology, plumage and some vocalizations are minimal and generally considered quite insufficient to warrant generic separation. Subspecies woodwardi sometimes treated as full species, but its features are shown to some degree in other subspecies, and they are vocally identical.

Proposed subspecies hylophona included within woodwardi, though tending towards northern subspecies.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • olivacea (Shelley, 1880)   -  South-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.
  • howelli (Jensen & Stuart, 1982)   -  Udzungwe and Mahenge Mts, in central Tanzania.
  • rungweensis (Benson, 1948)   -  Highlands of south-western Tanzania and northern Malawi.
  • woodwardi Shelley, 1895   -  Disjunctly in south-eastern Tanzania (Rondo Plateau) and Natal (Ngoye Forest). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Woodward's Barbet (Stactolaema woodwardi).
  • belcheri (Sclater, WL, 1927)   -  North-western Mozambique (Mt Namuli) and southern Malawi (Mt Thyolo).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Green Barbet (Cryptolybia olivacea) - 10 files


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