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;[[:Category:Eubucco|Eubucco]] tucinkae | ;[[:Category:Eubucco|Eubucco]] tucinkae | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 17 cm. A distinctive barbet with a red head. | ||
| + | * Red head with black chin and golden-yellow nuchal band | ||
| + | * Green upperparts with some red on mantle | ||
| + | * Yellow bill | ||
| + | * Red throat with some yellow, red breaking into orange and yellow on lower breast | ||
| + | * Grey patches on sides, olive-streaked flanks | ||
| + | Females with pale yellow throat, golden-orange band on breast and less orange below. Immature undescribed. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | Eastern [[Peru]], western Amazonian [[Brazil]] and south to western [[Bolivia]].<br /> |
| + | A not well known restricted-range species. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> | ||
| + | Has been considered conspecific with [[Red-headed Barbet]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Found in forest close to rivers and oxbow lakes. Also around abandonend farm gardens near rivers and on river islands.<br /> | |
| + | Occurs from c. 150 m up to 850 m, locally higher. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Feeds on figs, takes also flowers, nectar and insects.<br /> | ||
| + | Joins mixed-species foraging flocks. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Breeding season July and later in [[Peru]]. Nests in a tree cavity. No other information. | ||
| + | ====Movements==== | ||
| + | Presumably a resident and sedentary species. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Eubucco+tucinkae}} | {{GSearch|Eubucco+tucinkae}} | ||
Latest revision as of 11:28, 31 July 2014
- Eubucco tucinkae
Identification
17 cm. A distinctive barbet with a red head.
- Red head with black chin and golden-yellow nuchal band
- Green upperparts with some red on mantle
- Yellow bill
- Red throat with some yellow, red breaking into orange and yellow on lower breast
- Grey patches on sides, olive-streaked flanks
Females with pale yellow throat, golden-orange band on breast and less orange below. Immature undescribed.
Distribution
Eastern Peru, western Amazonian Brazil and south to western Bolivia.
A not well known restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Red-headed Barbet.
Habitat
Found in forest close to rivers and oxbow lakes. Also around abandonend farm gardens near rivers and on river islands.
Occurs from c. 150 m up to 850 m, locally higher.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on figs, takes also flowers, nectar and insects.
Joins mixed-species foraging flocks.
Breeding
Breeding season July and later in Peru. Nests in a tree cavity. No other information.
Movements
Presumably a resident and sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scarlet-hooded Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scarlet-hooded_Barbet
