Versicolored barbet

Versicolored barbet
	Male
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Capitonidae
Genus:	Eubucco
Species:	E. versicolor
Binomial name
	Eubucco versicolor; (Statius Müller, 1776)

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.

Taxonomy

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

Gallery

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

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eubucco versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727063A94940024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727063A94940024.en.
^ 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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[iucn-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.

[hbw-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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