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 25 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex
- 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
- Miombo Barbet Tricholaema frontata
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymosa
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus
- Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor
- Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania