Species profile
Black-backed Barbet
Lybius minor
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are sc, wc.
- Scientific name
- Lybius minor
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Lybius
Recording Black-backed Barbet in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Lybiidae
- Acacia Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)
- Anchieta's Barbet (Stactolaema anchietae)
- Banded Barbet (Lybius undatus)
- Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
- Black-billed Barbet (Lybius guifsobalito)
- Black-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis rolleti)
- Black-breasted Barbet (Lybius rolleti)
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)