Trachylaemus

Trachylaemus is a genus of birds in the African barbet family (Lybiidae). The genus is closely related to the genus Trachyphonus.

Trachylaemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Lybiidae
Subfamily:	Trachyphoninae
Genus:	Trachylaemus Reichenow, 1891
Type species
Trachyphonus purpuratus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851

Taxonomy

The genus Trachylaemus was introduced in 1891 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow.^[1] The name combines Ancient Greek τραχυς/trakhus meaning "rough" or "shaggy" with λαιμος/laimos meaning "throat".^[2] Reichenow subsequently designated the type species as Trachyphonus purpuratus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1851, the eastern yellow-billed barbet.^[3][4]

The genus contains two species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Western yellow-billed barbet	Trachylaemus goffinii	Sierra Leone to southwest Nigeria
	Eastern yellow-billed barbet	Trachylaemus purpuratus	southeast Nigeria to west Kenya

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Trachyphonus.^[5]