Barbets (Capitonidae)
Vieillot's Barbet (Lybius vieilloti) - HBW 7, p. 191
French: Barbican de Vieillot
German: Blutbrust-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Sangrante
Taxonomy: Pogonius vieilloti Leach, 1815, Ethiopia.
Not very closely related to congeners, probably closest to the group comprising L. leucocephalus, L. chaplini and L. rubrifacies. Races ill-defined, with some mosaic variation, and clinal variation in colour intensity. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- buchanani Hartert, 1924 - S Mauritania and Mali E to S Chad, and S to S Sahel region (E to NC Nigeria).
- rubescens (Temminck, 1823) - Sahel fringe from Gambia and Sierra Leone E to C Nigeria, N Cameroon, Central African Republic and NC Zaire, reaching coast from Ivory Coast to Nigeria.
- vieilloti (Leach, 1815) - C Sudan and NW Ethiopia S to NE Zaire, S Sudan and W Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality Toubacouta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2008 1 year ago 50 sec 4 -
1 bird on a tree Locality Toubacouta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 12 January 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 4 -
in the sunlight Locality North Bank Division, The Gambia (ssp rubescens)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 2 sec 3.7 -
a bird in a tree Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp rubescens)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 17 sec 3.2 -
1 bird on a tree Locality Toubacouta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 10 January 2008 2 years ago 31 sec 3.2 -
A bird moving on a tree Locality Toubacouta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 10 January 2008 2 years ago 26 sec 3
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Adult on a branch from above
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp buchanani)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2004 2 years ago 3.3 -
Adult on a branch from below
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp buchanani)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2004 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird in a fruittree
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia
Daniêl Jimenez 2 January 2005 3 years ago 2
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