Order
Piciformes
Family
Semnornithidae
Genus
Semnornis
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii

Brandon Buckio
Version: 1.0 — Published June 3, 2011

Conservation

The conservation status of the Prong-billed Barbet is assessed as of Least Concern (BirdLife International 2011), even though the barbet is a restricted-range species. It is common within its range, however, and occurs in several parks and reserves in Costa Rica.

Effects of human activity on populations

Human activity has little direct effect on the Prong-billed Barbet, other than the local effects of habitat destruction.

Recommended Citation

Buckio, B. (2011). Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.prbbar1.01