Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Tanzania • Oct 2009

Bird name: D'Arnaud's Barbet
Latin: Trachyphonus darnaudii
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Family: Lybidiidae • Barbets

D’Arnaud’s Barbet is a small east African bird. The Barbets’ closest relatives are the Toucans and then the Woodpeckers. Photographed here by André in the Serengeti.More photos...

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Olduvai Gorge • Oct 2009

Bird name: Red and Yellow Barbet
Latin: Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
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Family: Columbidae • Doves

I believe that’s a female Red-and-yellow Barbet above, without the black crest, taken at Olduvai Gorge, and a male, with black crest, below seen at Lake Manyara.

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104 Lybiidae - African Barbets - IOC 2.5 2010

African barbets, Lybiidae, are sisters to the New World Barbets and Toucans

Gymnobucco bonapartei - Grey-throated Barbet - C, WC Africa
Gymnobucco sladeni - Sladen's Barbet - C Africa
Gymnobucco peli - Bristle-nosed Barbet - WC, W Africa
Gymnobucco calvus - Naked-faced Barbet - WC, W Africa

Stactolaema leucotis - White-eared Barbet - E, SE Africa
Stactolaema whytii - Whyte's Barbet - EC, SE Africa
Stactolaema anchietae - Anchieta's Barbet - SC Africa
Stactolaema olivacea - Green Barbet - E, SE Africa

Pogoniulus scolopaceus - Speckled Tinkerbird - C, W Africa
Pogoniulus simplex - Green Tinkerbird - E Africa
Pogoniulus leucomystax - Moustached Tinkerbird - E Africa
Pogoniulus coryphaeus - Western Tinkerbird - C, WC, SW Africa
Pogoniulus atroflavus - Red-rumped Tinkerbird - C, W Africa
Pogoniulus subsulphureus - Yellow-throated Tinkerbird - C, W Africa
Pogoniulus bilineatus - Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird - W, C, SE Africa
Pogoniulus makawai - White-chested Tinkerbird - NW Zambia - is split from P. bilineatus
Pogoniulus pusillus - Red-fronted Tinkerbird - E, SE Africa
Pogoniulus chrysoconus - Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird - Widespread Africa

Buccanodon duchaillui - Yellow-spotted Barbet - C, W Africa

Tricholaema hirsuta - Hairy-breasted Barbet - C, W Africa
Tricholaema diademata - Red-fronted Barbet - E Africa
Tricholaema frontata - Miombo Pied Barbet - SC Africa
Tricholaema leucomelas - Acacia Pied Barbet - S Africa
Tricholaema lacrymosa - Spot-flanked Barbet - E Africa
Tricholaema melanocephala - Black-throated Barbet - E Africa

Lybius undatus - Banded Barbet - Ethiopia, Eritrea
Lybius vieilloti - Vieillot's Barbet - EC, C, W Africa
Lybius leucocephalus - White-headed Barbet - EC, WC, SW Africa
Lybius chaplini - Chaplin's Barbet - SC Africa
Lybius rubrifacies - Red-faced Barbet - EC Africa
Lybius guifsobalito - Black-billed Barbet - EC Africa
Lybius torquatus - Black-collared Barbet - SC, SE Africa
Lybius melanopterus - Brown-breasted Barbet - E Africa
Lybius minor - Black-backed Barbet - SC, WC Africa
Lybius bidentatus - Double-toothed Barbet - W, WC, C Africa
Lybius dubius - Bearded Barbet - W, WC Africa
Lybius rolleti - Black-breasted Barbet - C Africa

Trachyphonus purpuratus - Yellow-billed Barbet - C, W Africa
Trachyphonus vaillantii - Crested Barbet - SC, SE Africa
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus - Red-and-yellow Barbet - E Africa
Trachyphonus margaritatus - Yellow-breasted Barbet - NC, NE Africa
Trachyphonus darnaudii - D'Arnaud's Barbet - E Africa