Miombo Barbet

Miombo Barbet / Tricholaema frontata

Miombo Barbet

Here the details of the Miombo Barbet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Tricholaema frontata
Protonym:  Pogonorhynchus frontatus J.Orn. 28 p.351 pl.2 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Lybiidae /
Taxonomy Code:  miobar1
Type Locality:  Angola.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1880
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

TRICHOLAEMA
(Lybiidae; Ϯ Hairy-breasted Barbet T. hirsuta flavipunctata) Gr. θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; λαιμος laimos  throat; "Gen. Tricholaema Jules et Ed. Verr.   Genus Bucconinum inter Megalaemas et Laemodontas intermedium. Rostrum robustum, basi dilatatum, apice compressum; maxilla culmine incurvo, margine dente medio instructa; mandibula grandi recta; pedes modici, robusti. Alae longiusculae; remigum 1. brevissima, 2. longitudine remigum secondariarum, 3. 4 et 5 omnium longissimis. Cauda brevis, subrotundata. Plumae thoracis in setulas elongata desinentes.    4. Tricholaema flavipunctata J. et Ed. Verr.   ...  toutes les plumes du thorax filiformes, à baguettes très prolongées" (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux 1855); "Tricholaema J. and E. Verreaux, Journ. f. Orn., 3, March, 1855, p. 102. Type, by monotypy, Tricholaema flavipunctata J. and E. Verreaux." (Peters 1948, VI, 51).

frontata / frontatum / frontatus
Mod. L. frontatus  fronted, browed  < L. frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Frontal Shrike” of Latham 1787 (Falcunculus).