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Definition of Barbets

Barbet
Barbet Bar"bet, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See Barb beard.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family Bucconid[ae], allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa. (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.

Meaning of Barbets from wikipedia

- World barbets Lybiidae, the family of the African barbets ****midae, the family of the Asian barbets Semnornithidae, the family of the toucan-barbets USS...
- born per year. In 2018, there were approximately 140 barbets living in the UK. The majority of Barbets in the UK are kept as pets, although a small number...
- in 1984 were coppersmith barbets from Toledo, Cebu and Tablas Island, respectively. Molecular phylogenetic research of barbets revealed that ****ma...
- true barbets are retained in the Capitonidae. The African barbets (Lybiidae) and the Asian barbets (****midae), as well as the two toucan-barbets from...
- barbets might be moved to the toucan family Ramphastidae as a subfamily, Semnornithinae. Toucan-barbets comprise only two species: the toucan barbet (S...
- Ramphastidae. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the Toucan barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family...
- barbet (Pogonornis dubius) is an African barbet. Barbets are birds with a worldwide tropical distribution, although New World and Old World barbets are...
- ****midae – Asian barbets (about 35 species) Family LybiidaeAfrican barbets (about 43 species) Family Capitonidae – New World barbets (about 15 species)...
- at the time. Asian barbets were therefore reclassified under the genus Psilopogon. Results of a phylogenetic study of Asian barbets published in 2013 indicate...
- ****midae, the Asian barbets, are a family of birds, comprising two genera with 35 species native to the forests of the Indomalayan realm from Tibet...