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Toucan Barbet

Semnornis ramphastinus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 98 g
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 1
Photo: Michael Woodruff from Spokane, Washington, USA · CC BY 2.0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 2
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 3
Photo: Mmcnally · CC BY 3.0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 4
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 5
Photo: Phillip Salzinger · CC0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 6
Photo: Michael Woodruff from Spokane, Washington, USA · CC BY 2.0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 7
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 8
Photo: Mmcnally · CC BY 3.0
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), photo 9
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0

What the Toucan Barbet sounds like

Sonogram of the Toucan Barbet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Pichincha: Tandayapa ridge 3 km SSW Tandayapa, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The toucan barbet is a medium-sized robust barbet, of 19 to 21 cm (7.5–8.3 in) long and weighing 80–115 g (2.8–4.1 oz). The beak is robust with a yellow maxilla and a light green mandible, both with dark ends. It is pronged at the end, though the prongs are not noticeable in the field. The plumage is colourful and includes a black crown, "mask", and thin cervical collar. The species has long occipital feathers and a conspicuous white stripe behind the eyes, which has a bright red-colored iris. The nape of the neck is golden-brown and becomes yellow towards the rump.

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When to see the Toucan Barbet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Toucan Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia

About the Toucan Barbet

The toucan barbet is a barbet native to western Ecuador and Colombia. Along with the prong-billed barbet, it forms the family Semnornithidae, and is closely related to the toucans. It is a medium-sized barbet with a robust yellow bill. It has striking plumage, having a black head with grey throat and nape, red breast and upper belly, yellow lower belly and grey wings and tail.

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Easily confused with

Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiThe prong-billed barbet is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long and weighs about 60 to 70 g (2.1 to 2.5 oz).

Side by side: Prong-billed Barbet vs Toucan Barbet

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