Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

Other Names (World)
Red-headed Barbet, Flame-headed Barbet, Bourcier's Barbet

Family
Capitonidae (New World Barbets)

Size
15 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 400 - 2,400 m, occasionally down to 200 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

From Costa Rica south to northern Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) [XC257994]
by John V. Moore from Napo: Pacto Sumaco road, Ecuador (song)

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) [XC842111]
by id from Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Parroquia Nanegalito, Nueva Granada, Hacienda Los Yumbos, Ecuador (song)

Nest
In a cavity of a rotten tree.

Subspecies
Original naming of species confused, with male described first and on very next page female named as "Micropogon Hartlaubii". Has been thought to form a superspecies with Scarlet-hooded Barbet (Eubucco tucinkae), and even regarded as conspecific, but the two appear to be only distantly related. Probably not closely related to other members of genus, although subspecies orientalis has hybridized with nominate subspecies of Lemon-throated Barbet (Eubucco richardsoni) in eastern Ecuador.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

salvini (Shelley, 1891) - Costa Rica and western Panama.
anomalus Griscom, 1929 - Eastern Panama (around Cerro Pirre, Cerro Tacarcuna); probably also adjacent north-western Colombia.
bourcierii (Lafresnaye, 1845) - Andes of western Venezuela disjunctly south to central Colombia (eastern side of central Andes, slopes of eastern Andes).
occidentalis Chapman, 1914 - Slopes of western Andes in Colombia.
aequatorialis (Salvadori & Festa, 1900) - Western Ecuador on western Andean slope and in coastal mountains.
orientalis Chapman, 1914 - Eastern Andean slope of Ecuador, and northern Peru (Cajamarca, Amazonas).

References
See References.

Files:

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