Eubucco

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Eubucco
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heads of three species (five races)

Eubucco versicolor (1. & 2.)
Eubucco richardsoni (3. & 5.)
Eubucco bourcierii (4. & 6.)

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Capitonidae
Genus: Eubucco
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

4, see text

Eubucco is a genus of colourful birds in the family Capitonidae. They are found in humid forest in South and Central America, and the species have almost entirely allo- or parapatric distributions. Slightly smaller than the members of the genus Capito , members of the genus Eubucco are all sexually dimorphic, have stubby yellowish bills, green backs, yellow to the neck or underparts, and, at least in the males, red to the head. Typically seen singly or in pairs, they are primarily frugivorous, but also take arthropods.

Species

Genus Eubucco Bonaparte, 1850 – four species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Red-headed barbet

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Male
Female Red-headed Barbet in Ecuador (14799181451).jpg
Female

Eubucco bourcierii
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Six subspecies
Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.
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Lemon-throated barbet

Lemon-throated Barbet (Eubucco richardsoni).jpg

Eubucco richardsoni
(Gray, 1846)

Four subspecies
  • E. r. richardsoni
  • E. r. nigriceps
  • E. r. aurantiicollis
  • E. r. purusianus
central and southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru and the extreme north west of Brazil.
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Scarlet-hooded barbet

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Eubucco tucinkae
(Seilern, 1913)
south-western Amazon Basin in south-eastern Peru, north-western Bolivia and south-western Brazil
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Versicolored barbet

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Eubucco versicolor
(Statius Müller, 1776)
Peru and Bolivia.
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