Green barbet
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The green barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa. It occurs in forests from sea level to 1,800 metres. Its isolated pop
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1897 illustration of a pair of Woodward's barbets, by J.G. Keulemans.
Pharomachrus antisianus 1847
Penelopides manillae
George Ernest Shelley
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Captain George Ernest Shelley was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Green barbet
…Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae Genus: Cryptolybia Clancey, 1979 Species: C. olivacea Binomial name Cryptolybia olivacea (Shelley, 1880) ● C. o. olivacea ● S. o. uluguruensis ● C. o. rungweensis ● S. o. howelli ● C. o. hylophona ● S. o. belcheri ● C. o. woodwardi Synonyms Barbatula…
Illustration of the Nile Valley sunbird (Hedydipna metallica) from Shelley's book, A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872)