Eubucco
heads of three species (five races) Eubucco versicolor (1. & 2.) Eubucco richardsoni (3. & 5.) Eubucco bourcierii (4. & 6.)
Scientific classification
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 colourfulbirds in the familyCapitonidae. They are found in humid forest inSouth andCentral America, and the species have almost entirelyallo- orparapatric distributions. Slightly smaller than the members of the genusCapito, members of the genusEubucco are allsexually 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 primarilyfrugivorous, but also takearthropods.

GenusEubucco –Bonaparte, 1850 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Red-headed barbet Male Female	Eubucco bourcierii (Lafresnaye, 1845) Six subspecies E. b. salviniShelley (1891) E. b. anomalusGriscom (1929) E. b. occidentalisChapman (1914) E. b. bourcieriiLafresnaye (1845) E. b. aequatorialisSalvadori & Festa (1900) E. b. orientalisChapman (1914)	Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
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.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Scarlet-hooded barbet	Eubucco tucinkae (Seilern, 1913)	south-western Amazon Basin in south-eastern Peru, north-western Bolivia and south-western Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Versicolored barbet	Eubucco versicolor (Statius Müller, 1776)	Peru and Bolivia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

• Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O'Neill, & T. Parker III. (2007).Birds of Peru.Christopher Helm Publishers.ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9

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