Trachyphonus goffinii (Western Yellow-billed Barbet)

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Western Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachyphonus goffinii (Goffin, ALA 1863)

Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Ramphastidae
Genus:
   Trachyphonus
Scientific:
  Trachyphonus goffinii

Original description

Citation:
(Goffin, ALA 1863)

Reference:
Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas Rev. Coll. livr.2 Buccones no.15 p.72-73

Protonym:
Capito goffinii

Type locality:
Gold Coast.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51484#page/112/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
548EE9518D9D1305

Avibase ID:
avibase-548EE951

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/548EE951

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 685960

Geographic range:

Trachyphonus goffinii goffinii: Sierra Leone eastward to Ghana/Togo border
Trachyphonus goffinii togoensis: far eastern Ghana to southwestern Nigeria

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Western Yellow-billed Barbet
Czech:
vousáček západoafrický
Danish:
Sierra Leone-perleskægfugl
Spanish:
Barbudo piquigualdo occidental
French:
Barbican de Goffin
Croatian:
ljubičastoprsi barbet
Polish:
brodal plamkogardły
Russian:
Желтобрюхий щетиногруд
Slovak:
perlavec čiernooký
Chinese:
西黄嘴拟啄木鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachyphonus goffinii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachyphonus goffinii) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachylaemus goffinii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachylaemus goffinii) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachylaemus goffinii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachyphonus goffinii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Western Yellow-billed Barbet ( Trachylaemus goffinii) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Trachyphonus [purpuratus or goffinii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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