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- Trachylaemus goffinii
Trachyphonus goffinii
Identification
23–24 cm (9-9½ in)
- Yellow bill
- Pinkish throat
- Yellow belly
- Black facial skin
- Red eye
Variation
Subspecies togoensis differ in having much more red on the face, cheeks, and forecrown, and in being more streaked than spotted on the breast.
Distribution
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and south-western Nigeria; (no overlap in range with Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet)
Taxonomy
Western Yellow-billed Barbet and Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet were formerly considered one species with the name of Yellow-billed Barbet.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- T. g. goffinii:
- Sierra Leone east to Ghana/Togo border
- T. g. togoensis:
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Kirwan, G. M., P. F. D. Boesman, L. L. Short, and J. F. M. Horne (2024). Western Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachylaemus goffinii), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney and S. M. Billerman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.yebbar1.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Western Yellow-billed Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Western_Yellow-billed_Barbet
External Links
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