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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 EubuccoBonaparte, 1850 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Red-headed barbet


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Eubucco bourcierii
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Six subspecies
  • E. b. salvini Shelley (1891)
  • E. b. anomalus Griscom (1929)
  • E. b. occidentalis Chapman (1914)
  • E. b. bourcierii Lafresnaye (1845)
  • E. b. aequatorialis Salvadori & Festa (1900)
  • E. b. orientalis Chapman (1914)
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

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

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

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

  • Media related to Eubucco at Wikimedia Commons


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