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African barbets

John Harshman
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 Red-fronted Barbet
taxon links [up-->]Pogoniulus [up-->]Stactolaema [up-->]Gymnobucco [up-->]Trachyphonus [up-->]Tricholaema [up-->]Lybius Not MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot Monophyletic[down<--]Piciformes Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Piciformes

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

African barbets probably form a monophyletic group (Moyle 2004). However, several genera are not monophyletic. Stactolaema is not monophyletic, since Gymnobucco, and possibly Buccanodon as well, lies within it. Neither Lybius nor Tricholaema is monophyletic, since T. lachrymosa is apparently within Lybius. It's also unclear whether the remainder of Tricholaema is monophyletic; the genus may be paraphyletic to Lybius.

Other Names for African barbets

References

Moyle, R. G. 2004. Phylogenetics of barbets (Aves: Piciformes) based on muclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 30:187-200.

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Scientific Name Lybius dubius
Location captive at Niagara Falls Aviary
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source bearded barbet
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Ric McArthur
Red-fronted Barbet
Scientific Name Tricholaema diademata
Location Serengeti NP, Tanzania
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By self
Behavior perching
Life Cycle Stage adult
Body Part whole
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Scientific Name Trachyphonus darnaudii
Location Lake Baringo, Kenya
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source D'Arnaud's Barbet, Trachyphonus darnaudii, Lake Baringo, Kenya
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Aftab Uzzaman
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Harshman, John. 2008. African barbets. Version 27 June 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/African_barbets/26417/2008.06.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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