Gymnobucco Peli Bird

Gymnobucco Peli Bird

Gymnobucco Peli Bird

English Name:  Bristle-nosed Barbet
Latin Name:  Gymnobucco peli
Protonym:  Gymnobucco Peli Syst.Orn.Westafr. p.175
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Lybiidae / Gymnobucco
Taxonomy Code:  brnbar1
Type Locality:  Dabocrom, Gold Coast.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GYMNOBUCCO
(Lybiidae; Ϯ Naked -faced Barbet G. calvus) Gr. γυμνος gumnos  bare, naked; genus Bucco Temminck, 1820, barbet  (see Bucco); "*274. Gymnobucco, Bp. (Bucco, p. Temm.)    Africa occid.  1.   * BUCCO calvus, Mus. Lugd. an Lafresn? (Megalaima calva? Gr.) ex Ashantea.  Long. 6-poll: fuliginoso-cinereus; capite cum genis implume: penicillis setarum rigidarum duobus rufescentium ad rostri latera, duobus hinc inde mandibulae, altero subtus antrorsum verso. Rostrum albidum." (Bonaparte 1850); "Gymnobucco Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, 1850, p. 141. Type, by monotypy, Bucco calvus Lafresnaye." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 41).
Synon. Gymnocranus, Heliobucco, Phalacrobucco.

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Hendrik Severinus Pel (1818-1876) Gov. of Dutch Gold Coast 1840-1850, naturalist, taxidermist (Gymnobucco, syn. Nicator chloris, syn. Peliperdix lathami, Scotopelia (ex “Strix peli” of Temminck MS)).