Barbets (Capitonidae)

Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli) - HBW 7, p. 177

French: Barbican à narines emplumées German: Borstenbartvogel Spanish: Barbudo de Pinceles

Taxonomy: Gymnobucco Peli Hartlaub, 1857, Dabocrom, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with G. sladeni, both also rather closely related to G. calvus. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Sierra Leone E to S Cameroon, W Zaire and S to Gabon and Cabinda (N Angola).