Tricholaema | |
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Black-throated Barbet (above), and Pied Barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Lybiidae |
Genus: | Tricholaema Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855 |
Species | |
Tricholaema diademata |
Tricholaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae.
It contains the following species: