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Sladen's barbet

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Sladen's barbet
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Gymnobucco
Species:
G. sladeni
Binomial name
Gymnobucco sladeni

Sladen's barbet (Gymnobucco sladeni) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is found in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British collector Major A. G. Sladen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gymnobucco sladeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681703A92916839. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681703A92916839.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 313.