Biology:Western yellow-spotted barbet
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Buccanodon |
| Species: | B. dowsetti
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| Buccanodon dowsetti Boesman and Collar, 2019
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The western yellow-spotted barbet (Buccanodon dowsetti) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae. It is distributed in West Africa west of the Dahomey Gap, where it is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.[1][2]
It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern yellow-spotted barbet (B. duchaillui), but was split from it on account of their differing songs. The western yellow-spotted barbet has a song described by Nigel James Collar and Peter Boesman as "a series of 7–10 accelerating notes similar to a song of hairy-breasted barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta)" (phoneticized as "oop"), while the eastern yellow-spotted barbet has a song described by Collar and Boesman as a "characteristic purring (lasting 1–2 seconds), unique among [African] barbets" (phoneticized as "rrurrrrrr…"). These song differences led to the description of B. dowsetti as a distinct species.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2020). "Buccanodon dowsetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T181378951A181440243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181378951A181440243.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181378951/181440243. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Collar, N. J.; Boesman, Peter (June 2019). "Two undescribed species of bird from West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 139 (2): 147–159. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a7. ISSN 0007-1595.
- ↑ "Two New Bird Species Discovered in West Africa | Biology | Sci-News.com". 9 July 2019. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/new-species-long-tailed-cuckoo-barbet-west-africa-07368.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q66088066 entry
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