| Anchieta's barbet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Stactolaema |
| Species: | S. anchietae |
| Binomial name | |
| Stactolaema anchietae (Barboza du Bocage, 1869) | |
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Anchieta's barbet (Stactolaema anchietae) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
It is named after the Portuguese naturalist and explorer José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta.
The bird is 17.6-20 cm (6.9-7.9 inches) long and weighs 36-54 grams (1.3-1.9 ounces), making it somewhat small amongst barbets. It is mainly brown, with a large black bill. It has a yellow head, yellow outer wings, and yellow rump.
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Illustration by Keulemans
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Stactolaema anchietae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.