The eastern yellow-spotted barbet (''Buccanodon duchaillui'') is a bird species in the family Lybiidae. It was formerly considered the only species in the genus ''

Buccanodon ''Buccanodon'' is a bird genus in the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. It contains two species, both referred to as the yellow-spotted barbets. This genus was for ...

'', though studies have identified another species in the genus, the western yellow-spotted barbet (''B. dowsetti''). Prior to the description of ''B. dowsetti'', it was simply referred to as the yellow-spotted barbet. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic,

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Populations west of the Dahomey Gap, in West Africa, are now considered to belong to ''B. dowsetti'' instead.

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eastern yellow-spotted barbet The eastern yellow-spotted barbet (''Buccanodon duchaillui'') is a bird species in the family Lybiidae. It was formerly considered the only species in the genus ''Buccanodon'', though studies have identified another species in the genus, the ...

Birds of Central Africa Birds of the African tropical rainforest

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