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Where does the Vieillot's Barbet live?

Lybius vieilloti has 11,937 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1824 to 2026. Most records come from Nigeria.

Vieillot's Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet β€” Keulemans, John Gerard; Marshall, Charles Henry Tilson; Marshall, G. F. L. / Public domain Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPiciformesLybiidaeLybius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Nigeria 3,787
Ghana 2,906
Gambia 2,014
Senegal 1,757
Cameroon 320
Chad 249
Benin 235
Burkina Faso 120
CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 116
Liberia 97
Mauritania 59
Niger 52
Togo 52
Guinea 51
Guinea-Bissau 37
Sudan 35
Mali 24
Sierra Leone 17
Central African Republic 5
Ethiopia 2
South Sudan 2

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.