Barbets
Order: Piciformes Family: Capitonidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in Burundi.
- Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymosa
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor
- Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
- Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burundi