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Stactolaema

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Stactolaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPiciformes
  5. FamilyLybiidae
Observations recorded38,785

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Stactolaema is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae.

The genus contains three species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Stactolaema leucotis|| White-eared barbet || Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. |- |120px ||Stactolaema anchietae|| Anchieta's barbet || Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. |- | 120px ||Stactolaema whytii|| Whyte's barbet || Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stactolaema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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