NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Red-faced Barbet
Lybius rubrifacies (Reichenow, 1892)
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.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The red-faced barbet (Lybius rubrifacies) is a species of bird in the African barbet family Lybiidae.
It is found in Burundi, Rwanda, Northwest Tanzania, and Southwest Uganda.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Red-faced barbet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:37:02.898991+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lybius rubrifacies (Reichenow, 1892)
- Name authority
- (Reichenow, 1892)
- Common name
- Red-faced 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 rubrifacies (Reichenow, 1892)
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 |
| Chaplin's BarbetLybius chaplini S. Clarke, 1920 | 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 |
| 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=554232 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.
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:3WHSJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.