- Buccanodon duchaillui
Identification
15·5–17 cm (6-6¾ in)
- Glossy black overall plumage
- Black upper breast with yellow spots above
Distribution
Africa: found from Sierra Leone to South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and and western Kenya.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- B. d. duchaillui: southeast Nigeria to Kenya
- B. d. dowsetti: Sierra Leone to southern Ghana
Habitat
Old secondary forests, clearings and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat a variety of small fruits.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-spotted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-spotted_Barbet
External Links
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