Eastern yellow-billed barbet
Species of bird
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The eastern yellow-billed barbet (Trachylaemus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western yellow-billed barbet.
| Eastern yellow-billed barbet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Trachylaemus |
| Species: | T. purpuratus |
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| Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
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It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western Kenya.
Two subspecies are recognised:[2]
- T. p. purpuratus (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851) – southeast Nigeria to Central African Republic, north, central DR Congo and northwest Angola
- T. p. elgonensis Sharpe, 1891 – south Sudan and northeast DR Congo to west Kenya
