Male, subspecies salvini
Photo by Stanley Jones
La Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, March 2008
Photo by Stanley Jones
La Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, March 2008
- Eubucco bourcierii
Identification
16 cm (6¼ in)
Male: distinctive yellow bill and red head, with yellow breast.
Female also has a yellow bill and a distinctive facial pattern: black above bill, blue-gray cheek patches and yellow on top of head. Her throat and breast are yellowish divided by orange band.
Both have green backs and wings, with green streaks on belly.
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- E. b. salvini:
- Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama
- E. b. anomalus:
- E. b. occidentalis:
- Western Andes of Colombia
- E. b. bourcierii:
- E. b. aequatorialis:
- Coastal mountains and Western Andes of Ecuador
- E. b. orientalis:
Habitat
Undergrowth and middle elevations of mature cloud and fragmented forests, secondary growth. Around trails and clearings.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of fruit, including bananas. They visit feeders.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Red-headed Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Red-headed_Barbet
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