Tricholaema

Tricholaema
Black-throated barbet (above) and pied barbet (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Lybiidae
Genus:	Tricholaema Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Species
Tricholaema diademata Tricholaema frontata Tricholaema hirsuta Tricholaema lacrymosa Tricholaema leucomelas Tricholaema melanocephala

Tricholaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. It contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted barbet	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda
	Tricholaema diademata	Red-fronted barbet	Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
	Tricholaema frontata	Miombo pied barbet	central Angola, the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Malawi, southwest Tanzania, and Zambia
	Tricholaema leucomelas	Acacia pied barbet	Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
	Tricholaema lacrymosa	Spot-flanked barbet	Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
	Tricholaema melanocephala	Black-throated barbet	Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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