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Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega, Kenya, December 2006

Identification

15·5–17 cm (6-6¾ in)

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Old secondary forests, clearings and forest edges.

They eat a variety of small fruits.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-spotted Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-spotted_Barbet

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+[[Image:23133yellow-spotted_db.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Kakamega, [[Kenya]], December 2006]]
 ;[[:Category:Buccanodon|Buccanodon]] duchaillui
-[[Image:23133yellow-spotted_db.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by megan perkins]]
 ==Identification==
+·5–17 cm (6-6¾ in)
+*Glossy black overall plumage
+*Black upper breast with yellow spots above
 ==Distribution==
-[[Africa]].
+[[Africa]]: found from [[Sierra Leone]] to [[South Sudan]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], and and western [[Kenya]].
 ==Taxonomy==
-This species is monotypic.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
+Old secondary forests, clearings and forest edges.
 ==Behaviour==
+====Diet====
+They eat a variety of small fruits.
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017
 {{Ref}}
 ==External Links==