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Bearded barbet

Lybius dubius (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Status not recordedbirds

The bearded barbet (Lybius dubius) is a species in the family Lybiidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 87.6 g to 92 g.

Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius)
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bearded barbet

Weight
87.6 g – 92 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the bearded barbet

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Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius)
The original uploader was Althepal at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the bearded barbet live?

Not recorded

What is the bearded barbet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The bearded barbet (Pogonornis dubius) is an African barbet. Barbets are birds with a worldwide tropical distribution, although New World and Old World barbets are placed in different families. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

From the Wikipedia article “Bearded barbet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bearded_barbet&oldid=1314109050), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bearded barbet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bearded barbet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyLybiidae
  6. genusLybius
  7. SpeciesLybius dubius (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Apatelornis wachei, Bucco dubius, Pogonornis dubius

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • FurchenschnabelbärtlingGerman
  • svartbelteskjeggfuglNorwegian Bokmål

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataWoRMS

Relatives of the bearded barbet

Other species in the same genus Lybius.

CompareBearded barbet vs Double-toothed barbetBearded barbet vs Black-collared barbetBearded barbet vs Chaplin's barbetBearded barbet vs Brown-breasted barbet

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bearded barbet?

An adult bearded barbet weighs 87.6 g – 92 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bearded barbet?

The bearded barbet (Lybius dubius) belongs to the family Lybiidae in the order Piciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bearded-barbet

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{bearded_barbet_2026,
  title = {Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bearded-barbet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}