Stactolaema

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Stactolaema
White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis) eating fruit.jpg
White-eared barbet, Stactolaema leucotis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Stactolaema
Marshall & Marshall, 1870
Species

Stactolaema anchietae
Stactolaema leucotis
Stactolaema olivacea
Stactolaema whytii

Stactolaema 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:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
White-eared Barbet RWD.jpg Stactolaema leucotis White-eared barbet Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
BuccanodonAnchietaeKeulemans.jpg Stactolaema anchietae Anchieta's barbet Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
SmilorhisWhytiiKeulemans.jpg Stactolaema whytii Whyte's barbet Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Barbatula olivacea Keulemans.jpg Stactolaema olivacea Green barbet Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa


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