Copyright: monacoeye • Pas de las Aves, Ecuador, Feb 2011 • Do not copy

Bird name: Toucan Barbet
Latin: Semnornis ramphastinus
Other: Barbudo Tucán (Es)
Family: Semnornithidae • New World Barbets
Range: Western Colombia to western Ecuador
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Red List: Near threatened

The colourful Toucan Barbet is an emblematic bird for the region around Santa Lucia, where duetting birds can be heard resounding across the mountainside. The original indiginous residents of the area share the same name as this Choco endemic in the local tongue. [I don’t recall the name - if anyone knows please leave in comments below.] Many thanks to Heike for jogging my memory - the name is Yumbo.

Toucan Barbets have now been placed in their own family, Semnornithidae, by the IOC and SACC, alongside the Prong-billed Barbet of Costa Rica. Though for convenience they are tagged here with New World Barbets.

Although I saw Toucan Barbets on many occasions in Santa Lucia - they’re good birds for guides to call in - the best views were at Paz de las Aves, where they visit the feeders.

The Toucan Barbet is classed as near-threatened on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Red Headed Barbet
Latin: Eubucco bourcierii
Other: Barbudo Cabecirrojo (Es)
Family: Capitonidae • New World Barbets
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, W Venezuela, Ecuador, N Peru
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Record shots of the Red-headed Barbet, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Gilded Barbet
Latin: Capito auratus
Other: Barbudo Filigrana (Es)
Family: Capitonidae • New World Barbets
Range: N,W Amazonia: E Colombia, Venezuela, E Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
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Record shots of a female Gilded Barbet, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region. The male lacks the black stripes on its underparts.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Scarlet Crowned Barbet
Latin: Capito aurovirens
Other: Barbudo Coronirrojo (Es)
Family: Capitonidae • New World Barbets
Range: W Amazonia: NW Brazil, S Colombia, E Ecuador, N Peru
Similar: Gilded Barbet

Record shots of a pair of Scarlet-crowned Barbets, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region.

The male Scarlet-crowned Barbet, pictured above, has a red crown. The female, below, has a white crown. Both have an orange chest.

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102a Capitonidae - New World Barbets - IOC 2.8 2011

Here the New World Barbets are put in a single family, Capitonidae. See Semnornithidae for the Toucan Barbet and Prong Billed Barbet.

Capito aurovirens - Scarlet-crowned Barbet - W Amazonia
Capito wallacei - Scarlet-banded Barbet - NC Peru
Capito maculicoronatus - Spot-crowned Barbet - Panama, NW Colombia
Capito squamatus - Orange-fronted Barbet - SW Colombia, W Ecuador
Capito hypoleucus - White-mantled Barbet - NW Colombia
Capito dayi - Black-girdled Barbet - S Amazonia
Capito brunneipectus - Brown-chested Barbet - NC Brazil
Capito niger - Black-spotted Barbet - NE Amazonia
Capito auratus - Gilded Barbet - N, W Amazonia
Capito quinticolor - Five-colored Barbet - W Colombia, NW Ecuador

Eubucco richardsoni - Lemon-throated Barbet - W Amazonia
Eubucco bourcierii - Red-headed Barbet - Costa Rica to Ecuador
Eubucco tucinkae - Scarlet-hooded Barbet - SW Amazonia
Eubucco versicolor - Versicolored Barbet - Peru to Bolivia

102b Semnornithidae - New World Barbets - IOC 2.8 2011

Here all Semnornis Barbets are put in a single family, Semnornithidae. The other New World Barbets are in Capitonidae. The Toucans are in Ramphastidae.

Semnornis frantzii - Prong-billed Barbet - Costa Rica, Panama
Semnornis ramphastinus - Toucan Barbet - W Colombia to W Ecuador