Whyte's barbet

Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Whyte's barbet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Stactolaema
Species:
S. whytii
Binomial name
Stactolaema whytii
(Shelley, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Stactolaema sowerbyi

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi.[2]

The bird is 18–20.4 cm (7.1-8.0 inches) long and weighs 51-63 grams (1.8-2.2 ounces). It is mainly brownish with a large black bill, head, and tail. The bird has a white malar mark, wings, and tail. There is also a small red spot under the malar mark.

Subspecies

Stactolaema whytii includes the following subspecies:[3]

  • S. w. buttoni - (White, CMN, 1945)
  • S. w. stresemanni - (Grote, 1934)
  • S. w. terminata - (Clancey, 1956)
  • S. w. angoniensis - (Benson, 1964)
  • S. w. whytii - (Shelley, 1893)
  • S. w. sowerbyi - Sharpe, 1898

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Stactolaema whytii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 366.
  3. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.


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