Barbets (Capitonidae)
White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus) - HBW 7, p. 191
French: Barbican à tête blanche
German: Weißkopf-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Cabeciblanco
Other common names: White-bellied Barbet (leucogaster)
Taxonomy: Laimodon leucocephalus de Filippi, 1853, White Nile in extreme south Sudan.
Related to L. chaplini and L. rubrifacies, though not very closely; all three fairly close also to L. vieilloti. Races albicauda and leucogaster have sometimes been considered separate species; former interbreeds with other races wherever they meet, but latter is isolated geographically. Proposed race usukumae (SE of L Victoria) possibly recognizable: represents populations intermediate between albicauda or lynesi and nominate leucocephalus. Birds from N Tanzania described as race pareensis considered inseparable from al.. View all taxonomy...
Related to L. chaplini and L. rubrifacies, though not very closely; all three fairly close also to L. vieilloti. Races albicauda and leucogaster have sometimes been considered separate species; former interbreeds with other races wherever they meet, but latter is isolated geographically. Proposed race usukumae (SE of L Victoria) possibly recognizable: represents populations intermediate between albicauda or lynesi and nominate leucocephalus. Birds from N Tanzania described as race pareensis considered inseparable from albicauda. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- adamauae Reichenow, 1921 - N & C Nigeria E to S Chad, W Central African Republic and NW Zaire.
- leucocephalus (de Filippi, 1853) - possibly E Central African Republic, and S Sudan and NE Zaire to NW Tanzania and WC Kenya.
- senex (Reichenow, 1887) - C & SC Kenya.
- adamauae Reichenow, 1921 - N & C Nigeria E to S Chad, W Central African Republic and NW Zaire.
- leucocephalus (de Filippi, 1853) - possibly E Central African Republic, and S Sudan and NE Zaire to NW Tanzania and WC Kenya.
- senex (Reichenow, 1887) - C & SC Kenya.
- albicauda (Shelley, 1881) - SW & S Kenya to N Tanzania.
- lynesi C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1938 - C Tanzania.
- leucogaster (Bocage, 1877) - highlands of SW Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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high in a tree Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp leucocephalus)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 September 2010 51 weeks ago 33 sec 3 -
A bird on top of a tree Locality Kakoge, Uganda (ssp leucocephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 35 sec 2.7 -
Two birds perched on top of a tree Locality Uganda (ssp leucocephalus)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2004 5 years ago 6 sec 2.3
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Adult bird sitting on a branch.
Locality Serengeti, Tanzania
Antero Topp 30 December 2009 10 weeks ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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