Whyte's barbet
| Whyte's barbet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Stactolaema |
| Species: | S. whytii |
| Binomial name | |
| Stactolaema whytii (Shelley, 1893) | |
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The Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Stactolaema whytii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 366.
External links
- Whyte's barbet - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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