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Lybius 
Double-toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatusScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae Subfamily: Lybiinae Genus: Lybius
Hermann, 1783Species 12, see text
Lybius is a genus of African barbets from the family Lybiidae (formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae). This genus ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.
It contains the following species:
- Banded Barbet, Lybius undatus
- Vieillot's Barbet, Lybius vieilloti
- White-headed Barbet, Lybius leucocephalus
- Chaplin's Barbet or Zambian Barbet, Lybius chaplini
- 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
- Bearded Barbet, Lybius dubius
- Black-breasted Barbet, Lybius rolleti
Categories:- Lybius
- Genera of birds
- Barbets
- Piciformes stubs
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