Species profile
Black-breasted Barbet
Lybius rolleti
Quick answer
southern Chad to northeastern Central African Republic, South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Uganda
- Scientific name
- Lybius rolleti
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Lybius
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Related species in Lybiidae
- Acacia Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)
- Anchieta's Barbet (Stactolaema anchietae)
- Banded Barbet (Lybius undatus)
- Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
- Black-backed Barbet (Lybius minor)
- Black-billed Barbet (Lybius guifsobalito)
- Black-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis rolleti)
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)