Lybius | |
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Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Lybiidae |
Subfamily: | Lybiinae |
Genus: | Lybius Hermann, 1783 |
Species | |
12, see text |
Lybius is a genus of African barbets from the family Lybiidae (formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae). This genus ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.
It contains the following species: