Scarlet-hooded Barbet | |
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Male | |
Information | |
Range | south-western Amazon Basin in south-eastern Peru, north-western Bolivia and south-western Brazil; the majority of its range is in Peru-(60%?). |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Piciformes |
Family | Capitonidae |
Genus | Eubucco |
Species | Eubucco tucinkae |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Scarlet-hooded barbet (Eubucco tucinkae), is a species of American barbet in the Capitonidae family. It is endemic to humid lowland forest in the south-western Amazon Basin in south-eastern Peru, north-western Bolivia and south-western Brazil; the majority of its range is in Peru-(60%?). It is generally uncommon. It is the only member of the genus Eubucco where both sexes have red to the head, the female being superficially similar to the male lemon-throated barbet.