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Acacia Pied Barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas · Family Lybiidae

Tricholaema leucomelas

Family Lybiidae

Order
Piciformes
Family
Lybiidae
GBIF occurrence records
143,261
Countries and territories with records
13
Acacia Pied Barbet
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About this species

This species has 143,261 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (85.8%), Namibia (11%) and Botswana (2%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Tricholaema leucomelas combines the genus name Tricholaema with the species epithet leucomelas. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Tricholaema; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tricholaema lacrymosa, Tricholaema diademata and Tricholaema hirsuta.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 39 species of the family Lybiidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lybius torquatus. Its record count is 5 times the family average (28,467). The family Lybiidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Lybiidae

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