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Synonyms for billed_barbet or Related words with billed_barbet
guifsobalito
winged_bishop_euplectes
throated_apalis
coucal_centropus_grillii
rolleti
bellied_bustard_lissotis_melanogaster
breasted_barbet_lybius
apalis_jacksoni
throated_robin_irania
nettapus_auritus_african
nigra_woolly
ploceus_tricolor_maxwell
casqued_hornbill_ceratogymna_atrata
bellied_malkoha
aegithalos_concinnus
hordeaceus_orange_bishop_euplectes
billed_turaco
throated_canary_crithagra
schuettii
tailed_wheatear_oenanthe_leucopyga
weaver_ploceus_albinucha
gindiana
gaped_honeyeater
headed_lapwing_vanellus_tectus
baza_aviceda_leuphotes
yellow_mantled_weaver
preuss_weaver_ploceus_preussi
collared_apalis
backed_forktail
dwarf_hornbill_horizocerus_hartlaubi
rubrifacies
gutturalis_rufous_tailed
necked_weaver_ploceus
redstart_phoenicurus_ochruros
galactotes
lonchura_kelaarti
throated_laughingthrush_garrulax
crowned_sparrow_lark_eremopterix
apalis_nigriceps
duck_anas_sparsa
black_throated_coucal
erythronotos
bellied_bustard_eupodotis_senegalensis
leucocephala_asian_openbill
throated_tit
cheeked_waxbill
africanus_rüppell_vulture_gyps
throated_tody
occipitalis_beaudouin_snake
redstart_phoenicurus_ochruros_common
Examples of "billed_barbet"
The black-
billed
barbet
("Lybius guifsobalito") is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
The yellow-
billed
barbet
("Trachyphonus purpuratus") is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
The "Semnornis" barbets are fairly large barbets, measuring between . The toucan barbet is larger than the prong-
billed
barbet
and considerably heavier. They possess large, swollen bills and lack strong sexual dimorphism in their plumage. The plumage of the prong-
billed
barbet
is orange-brown, and that of the toucan barbet is more distinctively patterned with black, red, grey and gold.
The prong-
billed
barbet
("Semnornis frantzii") is a distinctive, relatively large-billed bird native to humid highland forest in Costa Rica and western Panama.
It often has been placed with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. However, DNA studies have confirmed that this arrangement is paraphyletic; New World barbets are more closely related to toucans than they are to Old World barbets. As a result, the barbet lineages are considered distinct families; the prong-
billed
barbet
and the toucan barbet now form a separate family, Semnornithidae.
The toucan-barbets are the small bird genus Semnornis. This was often included in the paraphyletic barbets but recently usually considered a distinct family Semnornithidae; alternatively, all barbets might be moved to the toucan family Ramphastidae as a subfamily, Semnornithinae. It contains only two species, the toucan barbet ("S. ramphastinus") and the prong-
billed
barbet
("S. frantzii").
He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the prong-
billed
barbet
"Semnornis frantzii", the fiery-billed aracari "Pteroglossus frantzii", the mountain elaenia "Elaenia frantzii" and the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush "Catharus frantzii". The botanical genus "Frantzia" (Cucurbitaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Pittier.
The "Semnornis" toucan-barbets are found in the Neotropics. The prong-
billed
barbet
is restricted to the humid highland forests of Costa Rica and Panama. The toucan barbet is found in similar habitats in the western montane forests of Ecuador and Colombia. In addition to primary forest they may occupy forest edges and secondary growth. Neither species is migratory, and young birds do not appear to disperse very far after fledging; young toucan barbets only disperse 0.5 km.
The Semnornithidae are highly social, and may be seen either in small groups of up to five or six individuals, or as singles. They are active during the day and are early risers. The prong-
billed
barbet
sleeps in communal roosts at night in the non-breeding season. As many as 19 birds may roost together in a hole, either a modified nest or the abandoned nest of a woodpecker. During the breeding season pairs roost in their own nests.
In the past the species was grouped with the other barbets in the Capitonidae family. However, DNA studies have confirmed that this arrangement is paraphyletic; the New World barbets are more closely related to the toucans than they are to the Old World barbets. As a result, the barbet lineages are now considered to be distinct families, and the toucan barbet, together with the prong-
billed
barbet
, is now placed into the separate family Semnornithidae.
The prong-
billed
barbet
prefers cool, wet, moss-festooned mountain forest with large trees and adjacent habitat. Eats mainly fruits of trees and epiphytes, although it occasionally takes insects or flower petals. Flight is direct with rapid and buzzy wingbeats. The frequently heard and distinctive song is a throaty "cwa-cwa-cwa-cwa..." duet given by mated pair or two individuals in a group. Pairs nest March–May in an unlined woodpecker cavity, with 4–5 eggs in the nest.