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Also Known As	Capitonidae

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Bearded barbet (Lybius dubius), a bird with a thick yellow beak, black and white wings, and a bright red throat and chest, perched on a branch amid green leaves.

Red-and-yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) with a speckled black, white, red, and yellow plumage perched on a rock.

Toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) with bright red, yellow, gray, and black plumage perched on a tree branch in Ecuador.

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