The white-faced barbet or black-backed barbet (''Lybius minor'') is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Gabon, Angola, Zambia,

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and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat it is normally found in is riverine woodland and forest edges. The

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'white-faced barbet' recently applied to the species ''Pogonornis macclounii'', which has since been relegated to a

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of ''Lybius minor''.

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