| Red-headed barbet | |
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| MaleE. b. aequatorialis in Ecuador | |
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| FemaleE. b. occidentalis in Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Capitonidae |
| Genus: | Eubucco |
| Species: | E. bourcierii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eubucco bourcierii (Lafresnaye, 1845) | |
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Thered-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) is a species ofbird in the familyCapitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found inCosta Rica,Guyana,Panama,Venezuela,Colombia,Ecuador andPeru.[2]
The red-headed barbet has six subspecies:[2]
Male red-headed barbet subspecies exceptE. b. occidentalis range in weight from 30 to 41 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). Females exceptoccidentalis weigh 31 to 38 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). Maleoccidentalis weigh 37.8 to 45.1 g (1.33 to 1.59 oz) and females 37.8 to 43.7 g (1.33 to 1.54 oz). Males have a red head, an orange to yellow breast, and a white belly. A white collar separates the head from the olive green back. The amount of red on the throat and chest and the width of the orange-yellow breast band vary among the subspecies. The female's crown and nape vary from dull orange to shades of green among the subspecies. Several have a black forehead. Its back is green, the throat grayish yellow with a yellow to orange band below it. Its lower breast is olive-yellow and the belly white. As in the male, there is some variation among subspecies.[3]
The subspecies of the red-headed barbet are found thus:[3]
The red-headed barbet inhabits the interior and borders of evergreen mountainprimary forest and also adjacentsecondary forest. The species' overall elevational range is 400 to 2,400 m (1,300 to 7,900 ft) but there are large geographic variations.[3]
The red-headed barbet's diet has not been studied in detail, but it is known to includearthropods such as caterpillars and adult insects and fruit such as berries and (at feeders) bananas.[3]
Little has been published about the red-headed barbet's breedingphenology. Like other New World barbets, they excavate cavities in trees and sometimes in fence posts. The clutch size is two to five; the female incubates at night and both sexes do so during the day.[3]
The red-headed barbet's song has been described as "a resonant, ventriloquial, somewhat toad-like trillkrrrrrrrrrrr"[1]. Some calls have been described as "grunts and snarls"[2].[3]
TheIUCN has assessed the red-headed barbet as being of Least Concern.[1] "Although the overall population trend is believed to be one of decline, the rate of decline is not thought to be a cause for concern."[3]
