Mountains and surrounding foothills and lowlands of Costa Rica (eastern from Cordillera Guanacaste) and Panama (east to Veraguas).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to banana and, more recently, to pineapple plantations, expansion of cattle-ranches and logging, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly frugivorous. But also anoles, frogs and large insects.
Voice
Displaying males deliver low and far-carrying 'hooom' hoots, accompanied by other staccato notes. Calls include grunts and coughs.
Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) [XC10948]
by id from Pe\u00f1as Blancas trail, E of Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica (song)
Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) [XC639927]
by Rolf A. de By from Estaci\u00f3n San Gerardo, Monteverde, Costa Rica (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) and Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) and all three suggested by some as being possibly conspecific, but this considered unlikely.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet