Barbets (Capitonidae)
Toucan-barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) - HBW 7, p. 218
French: Cabézon toucan
German: Tukanbartvogel
Spanish: Cabezón Tucán
Other common names: Toucan-billed Barbet
Taxonomy: Tetragonops ramphastinus Jardine, 1855, between Quito and Mount Cayambe, in east Ecuadorian Andes.
Related to S. frantzii, with which it shares distinctive bill morphology, but relationship not very close. Races poorly defined. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caucae Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - W Colombia on both slopes of W Andes, from Valle to Nariño.
- ramphastinus (Jardine, 1855) - Andes of NW & WC Ecuador.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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An adult bird feeding on fruits Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
A bird moving between branches Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird jumping from one branch to another Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 12 sec 4.4 -
Different views of a bird standing and flying to another perch Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on an insect Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird perched and feeding Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 34 sec 4.1
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Adult perched
Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Jean Paul Perret 6 April 2011 24 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird perching on a branch
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 28 September 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
adult perched
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ramphastinus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 3 June 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Near feeders eating banana
Locality Sachatamia Lodge, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 38 weeks ago 3.8 -
Close-up of an adult.
Locality Tatama National Park, Colombia (ssp caucae)
Ken Havard 3 July 2011 21 weeks ago 3 -
Individual which came to the feeders at first light.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 22 December 2009 1 year ago 2.9
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duet Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp ramphastinus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 16 August 2009 2 years ago 4.5
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