Barbets (Capitonidae)
Double-toothed Barbet (Lybius bidentatus) - HBW 7, p. 195
French: Barbican bidenté
German: Doppelzahn-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Bidentado
Other common names: Tooth-billed Barbet
Taxonomy: Bucco bidentatus Shaw, 1798, Nigeria.
Relationship with L. dubius and L. rolleti indicated by plumage pattern and by sexual dimorphism in flank pattern; related also, but less closely, to L. minor and L. melanopterus. Races only slightly differentiated; also, proposed races friedmanni from S Cameroon to Cabinda (N Angola) and aethiops from Ethiopia now included within aequatorialis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bidentatus (Shaw, 1798) - Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia E to C Cameroon.
- aequatorialis (Shelley, 1889) - E Cameroon E to C Ethiopia, S to NW Angola, N Zaire, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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looking for food Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp aequatorialis)
Daniêl Jimenez 21 September 2010 1 year ago 48 sec 4.1 -
A bird resting on a branch and a close-up where the teeth on the beak are visible. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 32 sec 4.1 -
Bird sitting on a branch Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Keith and Lynn Youngs 2 November 2010 16 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird in a fig tree, rubbing its beak after eating a fig. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a fig tree, taking a fig and eating it. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 47 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding in a tree and flying away Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Keith Blomerley 9 April 2002 4 years ago 25 sec 3.4
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Perched in a tree
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 14 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4.2 -
male
Locality Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
flaviomfilho 15 April 2011 1 year ago 2.9 -
Double-toothed Barbet (Lybius bidentatus)
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 11 February 2010 1 year ago 2.9 -
A view of a bird from below.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 2 years ago 2.5 -
Adult bird perching
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Pierre de Chabannes 1 December 2005 2 years ago 2.5
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