White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus - Barbican à tête blanche

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Lybiidés
Genus
:
Lybius
Species
:
leucocephalus

Descriptor

de Filippi, 1853

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 45 à 81 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus (s Sudan and ne DRCongo to wc Kenya and nw Tanzania)
Lybius leucocephalus adamauae (n Nigeria to nw DRCongo)
Lybius leucocephalus senex (c and sc Kenya)
Lybius leucocephalus albicauda (sw Kenya and n Tanzania)
Lybius leucocephalus lynesi (c Tanzania)
Lybius leucocephalus leucogaster (sw Angola)

Foreign names

Barbican à tête blanche,
Barbudo cabeciblanco,
barbaças-de-cabeça-branca,
Weißkopf-Bartvogel,
Witkopbaardvogel,
Barbetto testabianca,
vithuvad barbett,
Hvithodeskjeggfugl,
fuzáň bielohlavý,
vousák bělohlavý,
Hvidhovedet Tandskægfugl,
valkopääseppä,
barbut capblanc,
wąsal białogłowy,
Белоголовая либия,
シロガシラゴシキドリ,
白头拟啄木鸟,
vithuvad barbett,
白頭擬啄木,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens