Bristle-nosed Barbet (Gymnobucco peli)
Naked-faced Barbet (Gymnobucco calvus)
Grey-throated Barbet (Gymnobucco bonapartei)
Sladen's Barbet (Gymnobucco sladeni)
Whyte's Barbet (Stactolaema whytii)
Green Barbet (Stactolaema olivacea)
White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
Anchieta's Barbet (Stactolaema anchieta)
Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas)
Black-throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala)
Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lachrymosa)
Blackcollared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
Double-toothed Barbet (Lybius bidentatus)
Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
White-headed Barbet (Lybius leucocephalus)
Black-breasted Barbet (Lybius rolleti)
Vieillot's Barbet (Lybius vieilloti)
Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)
Red-and-Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
Yellow-breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus)
Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus)
Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus)
African Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)
Yellowfronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus)
Goldenrumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Speckled Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus)
Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax)
Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaeus)
Maclean, G.L. 1993. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
Short, L.L. & Horne, J.F.M. 1988. Order Piciformes: Capitonidae, barbets and tinkerbirds. In: Birds of Africa Vol III. Eds Fry, C.H., Keith, S. & Urban, E.K. Academic Press, London.
Credits: Title photograph by Alan Weaving taken from Birds Africa vol 2 no 1 - Jan/Feb 1996
Compiled by Tara Gandhi, Meg Kemp, Sally Newton and Anthony van Zyl
Last updated: 10 November 1997, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria