Vieillot's Barbet
Lybius vieilloti
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
Vieillot's barbet is a small bird in the family Lybiidae. Barbets are a group of birds with a pantropical distribution which get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. This bird is named after the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Genus
- Lybius