Buccanodon
Buccanodon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Lybiidae |
Genus: | Buccanodon G.R. Gray, 1855 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Buccanodon dowsetti | Western yellow-spotted barbet | Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone |
References[]
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Buccanodon". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Buccanodon
- Bird genera
- Barbets
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray