Family Lybiidae Sibley and Ahlquist 1985 (African barbets)
Aves - Piciformes - Lybiidae
Parent taxon: Piciformes according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Megalaimidae, Pici, Picidae, Picoidae, Pristineanis, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae
Subtaxa: Lybiinae Trachyphoninae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lybiidae in the database