New identification for Ghana 20.10.1997 Birds 400c

Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus

Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius

The bird on this stamp has been identified by me and others as Double-toothed Barbet. The scientific name on the stamp, Eubucco bourcierii, is the scientific name for Red-headed Barbet, and this Barbet is not a Red-headed Barbet. But what about the English name - Bearded Barbet? Michael Stupp has contacted me. He believes Bearded Barbet is an appropriate identification. There is no black breast stripe, but everything else fits: massive yellow bill with grooves, colour of legs, no red wing bar, lower underparts not red, bare skin around eye wide. The Bearded Barbet occurs in Ghana. Range is Sahel (Senegambia to central Central African Republic). The Bearded Barbet is a new species on stamp. Illustrations reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliot and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 7.