title: Buccanodon
text: # 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 formerly considered a monotypic taxon just containing B. duchaillui, but a study published in 2019 found populations west of the Dahomey Gap to constitute a new, distinct species, B. dowsetti. Both species are nearly identical and can only be reliably distinguished in the field by their songs and their distribution.
  
  ## Species
  
  | Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Buccanodon duchaillui | Eastern yellow-spotted barbet | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda |
  | | Buccanodon dowsetti | Western yellow-spotted barbet | Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone |
  