''Eubucco'' is a genus of colourful

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s in the family

Capitonidae The New World barbets are a family, Capitonidae, of 15 birds in the order Piciformes, which inhabit humid forests in Central and South America. They are closely related to the toucans. The New World barbets are plump birds, with short necks and ...

. They are found in humid forest in

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and

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, and the species have almost entirely

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- or parapatric distributions. Slightly smaller than the members of the genus ''

Capito ''Capito'' is a genus of birds in the family Capitonidae. They are found in humid Forest, forests in South America, with a single species extending into eastern Panama. Slightly larger than the members of the genus ''Eubucco'', members of the ge ...

'', members of the genus ''Eubucco'' are all

sexually dimorphic Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...

, 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 primarily

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, but also take

arthropod Arthropods ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an arthropod exoskeleton, exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (Metam ...

Species

References

* Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O'Neill, & T. Parker III. (2007). ''Birds of Peru.''

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External links

* Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Piciformes-stub