Versicolored barbet

The versicolored barbet (Eubucco versicolor) is a very colorful species of bird in the family Capitonidae. The species is also known as the blue-moustached barbet. It is found in humid Yungas forest growing on the east Andean slopes in Peru and Bolivia.

Versicolored barbet
Male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Capitonidae
Genus: Eubucco
Species:
E. versicolor
Binomial name
Eubucco versicolor

Taxonomy

The versicolored barbet was described by Statius Müller in 1776 as Bucco versicolor, based on a specimen collected in Maynas in Peru.[2]

  • Male illustrated by Keulemans, 1871
  • Male of E. v. steerii illustrated by Smit, 1878

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Eubucco versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727063A94940024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727063A94940024.en.
  2. Short, L.; Horne, J.; Kirwan, G. M. (2019). del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David A; de Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Blue-moustached Barbet (Eubucco versicolor)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


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