Eastern yellow-spotted barbet

The eastern yellow-spotted barbet (Buccanodon duchaillui) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae.[2]

Eastern yellow-spotted barbet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Buccanodon
Species:
B. duchaillui
Binomial name
Buccanodon duchaillui
(Cassin, 1856)

It was formerly considered the only species in the genus Buccanodon, though studies have identified another species in the genus, the western yellow-spotted barbet (B. dowsetti). Prior to the description of B. dowsetti, it was simply referred to as the yellow-spotted barbet.[3]

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1] Populations west of the Dahomey Gap, in West Africa, are now considered to belong to B. dowsetti instead.[3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Buccanodon duchaillui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "ITIS Report: Buccanodon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. 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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