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White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus (de Filippi, F 1853)

The white-headed barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Ramphastidae
Genus:
   Lybius
Scientific:
  Lybius leucocephalus


Original description

Citation:
  (de Filippi, F 1853)

Reference:
   Rev. Mag. Zool. Pure Appl. (2), 5 p.291

Protonym:
  Laimodon leucocephalus

Type locality:
  Between 3° and 4° N. lat., White Nile.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13711799


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BCA0F974B09C6A32

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BCA0F974

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BCA0F974


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554230

Geographic range:

  • Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus: South Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania; possibly also eastern Central African Republic
  • Lybius leucocephalus adamauae: northern Nigeria to southern Chad, western Central African Republic, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Lybius leucocephalus lynesi: central Tanzania
  • Lybius leucocephalus albicauda: southwestern and southern Kenya to northern Tanzania
  • Lybius leucocephalus senex: highlands of central and south-central Kenya
  • Lybius leucocephalus leucogaster: highlands of southwestern Angola
  • Show more...
English:
White-headed Barbet
Catalan:
Barbut capblanc
Czech:
vousák bělohlavý
Danish:
Hvidhovedet Tandskægfugl
German:
Weißkopf-Bartvogel
Spanish:
Barbudo Cabeciblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Barbudo Cabeciblanco
Finnish:
valkopääseppä
French:
Barbican à tête blanche
Croatian:
bjeloglavi barbet
Italian:
Barbetto testabianca
Japanese (romaji):
shirogashiragoshikidori
Japanese:
シロガシラゴシキドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltagalvis libis
Dutch:
Witkopbaardvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvithovudskjeggfugl
Norwegian:
Hvithodeskjeggfugl
Polish:
wąsal białogłowy
Portuguese:
Barbaças-de-cabeça-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
barbaças-de-cabeça-branca
Russian:
Белоголовая либия
Slovak:
fuzáň bielohlavý
Serbian:
Beloglavi barbet
Swedish:
vithuvad barbett
Ukrainian:
Лібія білолоба
Chinese:
斑拟啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白頭擬啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Barbican à tête blanche ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Barbican à tête blanche ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Lybius leucocephalus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Lybius leucocephalus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Lybius leucocephalus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-headed Barbet ( Lybius leucocephalus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lybius leucocephalus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lybius leucocephalus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: ধরাভাথা ফ঳ে
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāmāthā basanta*
Catalan: Barbut capblanc
Czech: Vousák belohlavý, vousák bělohlavý
Danish: Hvidhovedet Tandskægfugl
German: Weißkopf-Bartvogel
English: White headed Barbet, White-headed Barbet
English, HBW: White-headed/Brown-and-white/White-bellied Barbet
English (IOC): White-headed Barbet
English (Kenya): White-headed Barbet
English (United States): White-headed Barbet
Esperanto: Blankkapa barbulo
Spanish: Barbudo Cabeciblanco, Barbudo de Cabeza Blanca
Spanish (Spain): Barbudo Cabeciblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-headed Barbet
Estonian: valgepea-udelind
Finnish: Valkopääseppä
French: Barbican à tête blanche, Barbu à tête blanche
Croatian: bjeloglavi barbet
Italian: Barbetto testabianca, Barbuto testabianca
Japanese (romaji): shirogashiragoshikidori
Japanese: シロガシラゴシキドリ
Scientific: Laimodon leucocephalus, Lybius leucocephalas, Lybius leucocephalus, Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus
Lithuanian: Baltagalvis libis
Dutch: Witkopbaardvogel, Witkop-baardvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvithovudskjeggfugl
Norwegian: Hvithodeskjeggfugl
Polish: wasal bialoglowy, wąsal białogłowy
Portuguese: Barbaças-de-cabeça-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): barbaças-de-cabeça-branca
Russian: Белоголовая либия
Slovak: Fuzáň bielohlavý
Serbian: Beloglavi barbet
Swedish: Vithuvad barbett
Swahili: Zuwakulu Kichwa-cheupe
Turkish: Ak başlı barbet
Ukrainian: Лібія білолоба
Chinese: 斑拟啄木, 斑拟啄木鸟, 白头拟鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 白頭擬啄木

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