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Stactolaema whytii

Whyte's barbet
467 Whytes Barbet TIFF Gosha Park, Zimbabwe, June 8, 2010.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Stactolaema
Species: S. whytii
Binomial name
Stactolaema whytii
(Shelley, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Stactolaema sowerbyi

The Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi.



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