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 19 species which occur in Sudan.
- Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymosa
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
- Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
- Black-breasted Barbet Lybius rolleti
- Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sudan