Yellow-spotted Barbet

When to see the Yellow-spotted Barbet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-spotted Barbet

The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Yellow-spotted Barbet

The yellow-spotted barbet is a bird species in the monotypic genus Buccanodon. It belongs to the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae.

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Easily confused with

White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalusThis species is one of the largest in this genus at 18–19.5 cm (7.1–7.7 in) in length. Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonaparteiThe Grey-throated Barbet is a dark, robust bird with a distinctive tuft of feathers on its forehead. Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsutaIts length is 17–18 cm (6.7–7.1 in), and it weighs 43–63 g (1.5–2.2 oz).