White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis) [XC510402]
by Faansie Peacock from Danish Forest, Arusha, Tanzania (call)
White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis) [XC620850]
by Peter Boesman from uMhlathuze Local Municipality (near Richards Bay), (South) Uthungulu DC, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Smilorhis. Kenyan population sometimes separated as subspecies kenyae, but normally considered inseparable from kilimensis. In past, subspecies bocagei of Lybius torquatus erroneously listed as a subspecies of present species.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
kilimensis (Shelley, 1889) - Central-eastern and south-eastern Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania.
leucogrammica (Reichenow, 1915) - Highlands of central and southern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-lined Barbet (Stactolaema leucogrammica).
leucotis (Sundevall, 1850) - Malawi and Mozambique south to Swaziland and Natal.