NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Chaplin's Barbet
Lybius chaplini S. Clarke, 1920
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Chaplin's barbet (Lybius chaplini) or the Zambian barbet, is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. This bird was named in honor of Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin, a former colonial governor. The species was renamed to emphasize its status as Zambia's only true endemic bird species. It is endemic to South Central Zambia and is restricted to the area between the Upper Kafue River to Kabanga in the Kalomo District. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly classified as a Near Threatened species by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Vulnerable status in 2008.
Wikipedia contributors, Chaplin's barbet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:25:17.483216+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lybius chaplini S. Clarke, 1920
- Name authority
- S. Clarke, 1920
- Common name
- Chaplin's Barbet
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Genus
- Lybius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyLybiidae
- genusLybius Hermann, 1783
- speciesLybius chaplini S. Clarke, 1920
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lybius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito Hermann, 1783 | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-breasted BarbetLybius melanopterus (W. Peters, 1854) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted BarbetLybius rolleti (de Filippi, 1853) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus (Dumont, 1805) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded BarbetLybius undatus (Rüppell, 1837) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bearded BarbetLybius dubius (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed BarbetLybius minor (Cuvier, 1816) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-faced BarbetLybius rubrifacies (Reichenow, 1892) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti (Leach, 1815) | LybiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554231 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3WHSB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.