Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachylaemus purpuratus

(Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851)

Family: Lybiidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Trachyphonus lurpuratus.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

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.

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:

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Trachylaemus purpuratus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.