Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | bradáček zejkozobý |
Dutch | Tandsnavelbaardvogel |
English | Prong-billed Barbet |
English (United States) | Prong-billed Barbet |
French | Cabézon de Frantzius |
French (France) | Cabézon de Frantzius |
German | Aztekenbartvogel |
Japanese | エダハシゴシキドリ |
Norwegian | klonebbskjeggfugl |
Polish | tęgogłowik skromny |
Russian | Зубцеклювая бородатка |
Slovak | jumbo žltohlavý |
Spanish | Cabezón Cocora |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Barbudo Cocora |
Spanish (Panama) | Barbudo Cocora |
Spanish (Spain) | Cabezón cocora |
Swedish | aztekbarbett |
Turkish | Güdük Barbet |
Ukrainian | Кабезон оливковий |
Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
Version: 1.0 — Published June 3, 2011
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Behavior
Introduction
Prong-billed Barbets typically forage in the canopy but may descend lower, especially at forest edge (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Fruit may be swallowed whole, or the barbet may squeeze a fruit to swallow the juice, discarding the husk (Stiles and Skutch 1989). If the fruit is larger individuals will tear at the fruit with its bill while holding it down with its feet (Skutch 1944).
Roosts in cavities in trees (Skutch 1944, Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Territoriality
Prong-billed Barbets are mostly territorial during the breeding season, defending their nesting site from intruders.
Sexual Behavior
The Prong-billed Barbet is a monogamous species, with mates forming strong bonds for the duration of the breeding season. Cooperative breeding is not reported (Skutch 1944), in contrast to its congener, the Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus (Restrepo and Mondragon 1998).
Social and interspecific behavior
During much of the year, Prong-billed Barbets are gregarious, foraging in flocks of up to a dozen individuals (Stiles and Skutch 1989), and roosting communally in groups of up to 16 in cavities in trees (Skutch 1944, Stiles and Skutch 1989). When breeding, however, these groups disband, and pairs of Prong-billed Barbets defend separate territories.
Predation
Skutch (1944) observed a Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) carrying an adult barbet in its talons. Skutch (1944) also suspected that Emerald Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) would attempt to invade Prong-billed Barbet nests in an attempt to get at the eggs and fledglings within the nest, and that a tayra (Eira barbara) "or some other powerful arboreal mammal" was responsible for the loss of one nest.