Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor) | Photos and ID

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Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Lukas Zangl, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-backed Barbet (Pogonornis minor), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Black-backed Barbet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-backed Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Zambia Congo - Kinshasa Angola Malawi Gabon Tanzania Congo - Brazzaville

About the Black-backed Barbet

The white-faced barbet or black-backed barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat it is normally found in is riverine woodland and forest edges.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolletiThe black-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.

Brown-breasted BarbetPogonornis melanopterusThe brown-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae.

Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusThis is a conspicuous, large barbet at 26 centimetres (10 in) in overall length.

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