Order
Piciformes
Family
Capitonidae
Genus
Eubucco
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii

Dustin Foote
Version: 1.0 — Published July 28, 2010

Behavior

Introduction

Forages primarily in the midstory and canopy (Hilty and Brown 1986). Searches for arthropods in dead curled leaves (Slud 1964, Hilty and Brown 1986, Stiles and Skutch 1989); sometimes hold dead leaves in a foot and bites them, to flush out concealed arthropods (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Also gleans insects from foliage and from moss on branches (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Territoriality

No information.

Sexual Behavior

Very little information. Presumed to be socially monogamous. The male courtship feeds fruits and berries to the female (Short and Horne 2001).

Social and interspecific behavior

Usually solitary or in pairs; also often associates with mixed-species flocks (Hilty and Brown 1986, Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Predation

No information.

Recommended Citation

Foote, D. (2010). Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.rehbar1.01