Kingdom Animalia Genus Gymnobucco Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Lybiidae Scientific name Gymnobucco calvus Higher classification Gymnobucco Order Piciformes | |
Similar Grey‑throated barbet, Yellow‑throated tinkerbird, Red‑rumped tinkerbird, Yellow‑spotted barbet, Vieillot's barbet |
Naked faced barbet
The naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (the African barbets). It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).
It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
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