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 12 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
- Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone