Buccanodon

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Buccanodon
Buccanodon duchaillui.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Buccanodon
G.R. Gray, 1855
Species
  • Buccanodon duchaillui
  • Buccanodon dowsetti

Buccanodon is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. It contains two species, both referred to as the yellow-spotted barbets.

This genus was formerly considered a monotypic taxon just containing B. duchaillui, but a study published in 2019 found populations west of the Dahomey Gap to constitute a new, distinct species, B. dowsetti. Both species are nearly identical and can only be reliably distinguished in the field by their songs and their distribution.[1][2]

Species[]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Yellow-spotted Barbet RWD.jpg Buccanodon duchaillui Eastern yellow-spotted barbet Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Yellow-spotted Barbet - Ghana S4E1896 (16382665796).jpg Buccanodon dowsetti Western yellow-spotted barbet Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

References[]

  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Buccanodon". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  2. ^ Collar, N. J.; Boesman, Peter (June 2019). "Two undescribed species of bird from West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 139 (2): 147���159. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a7. ISSN 0007-1595.
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