• Synonyms White headed Barbet
  • Old latin name for bird Laimodon leucocephalus, Lybius leucocephalas

White-headed Barbetbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Anne Ndung'u
    Kenya
  • 2.
    Call, © isaac kilusu
    Kenya
  • 3.
    Call, © Magnus Wadstein
    Uganda
  • 4.
    Adult, call, sex uncertain, © isaac kilusu
    Kenya
  • 5.
    Call, © Brendan Sloan
    Kenya
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see White-headed Barbet

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion ec, wc, sw

White-headed Barbet subspecies (6)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Lybius leucocephalus adamauaen Nigeria to nw DR Congo-No
Lybius leucocephalus albicaudasw Kenya and n Tanzania-No
Lybius leucocephalus leucocephaluss Sudan and ne DR Congo to wc Kenya and nw Tanzania-No
Lybius leucocephalus leucogastersw Angola-No
Lybius leucocephalus lynesic Tanzania-No
Lybius leucocephalus senexc, sc Kenya-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliধরাভাথা ফ঳ে
Catalanbarbut capblanc
Chinese斑拟啄木鸟, 斑拟啄木, 白头拟鴷, 白头拟啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional)白頭擬啄木
Croatianbjeloglavi barbet
Czechvousák bělohlavý, Vousák belohlavý, vousáček bělohlavý
DanishHvidhovedet Tandskægfugl
DutchWitkop-baardvogel, Witkopbaardvogel
EsperantoBlankkapa barbulo
Estonianvalgepea-udelind
Finnishvalkopääseppä
FrenchBarbu à tête blanche, Barbican à tête blanche
GermanWeißkopf-Bartvogel
ItalianBarbuto testabianca, Barbetto testabianca
Japaneseシロガシラゴシキドリ
Lithuanianbaltagalvis libis
Norwegianhvithodeskjeggfugl
Norwegian NynorskKvithovudskjeggfugl
Polishwąsal białogłowy, wasal bialoglowy
Portuguesebarbaças-de-cabeça-branca
RussianБелоголовая либия
SerbianBeloglavi barbet
Slovakfuzáň bielohlavý
SpanishBarbudo cabeciblanco, Barbudo de Cabeza Blanca
SwahiliZuwakulu Kichwa-cheupe
Swedishvithuvad barbett
TurkishAk Başlı Barbet
Ukrainianлібія білолоба