Prong-billed Barbet

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 Prong-billed Barbet is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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. More

Prong-billed Barbet (Dicrorhynchus frantzii) is an odd, at- tractive, little bird belonging to a family far better represented in the tropics of the Old World than in the New. More

Costa Rica trip were Prong-billed Barbets, Semnornis frantzii. They rather resemble some sort of grosbeak, but are actually quite closely related to toucans. Prong-billed Barbets occur somewhat sparingly and sporadically on both slopes of Costa Rica; the Caribbean and Pacific. They are found at middle elevation forests, and the birds in the following photos were found on the Caribbean side. Other than Costa Rica, this species occurs only in western Panama. More

Toucan Barbet, together with the Prong-billed Barbet, is now placed into a separate family, Semnornithidae. The Toucan Barbet is unusual among frugivorous birds in that it breeds cooperatively, with several helpers aiding the dominant breeding pair with incubation and raising the young. References - 1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Semnornis ramphastinus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 April 2009. More

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Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) by Rolf A. de By. Monte Verde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica, 27-03-88 XC10934 Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) by Rolf A. de By from Costa Rica XC10934 :: Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) = Recording data Recordist Rolf A. More

Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) = Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) by mountainpath2001.frantzii. after Alexander von Frantzius (1821-1877) German naturalist and collector in Brazil, 1849-1853 and Costa Rica, 1853-1868. Males and females are similar but the males have the tuft of black feathers on the nape. Photographed in Cinchona, Costa Rica. Size: 6 and 3/4 inches (17cm), 62g. Range: Costa Rica and W. Panama. More

Prong-billed Barbet, Panama, Volcan Baru Aug 2009 © Joe Tobias Prong-billed Barbet - Prong-billed Barbet, Costa Rica, Mirador Cinchona 17-Nov-2005 © Nick Athanas Tropical Birding Send this as a postcard Prong-billed Barbet - Prong-billed Barbet, Costa Rica, Cinchona Mar 2007 © Mark Gurney See trip reoprt in surfbirds archives. More

Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii = Described by: Sclater, P. L. More

Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) (Sclater, 1864) summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - photo: Yorthopia Photo powered by flickr.com. More

Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii = Alajuela Province, Costa Rica - Nov 15, 2004 More

Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern Justification Although this species may have a small range, it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). More

Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii Costa Rica 1 comment has been posted about this photo Keith@Worldbirds.eu says:Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Friends Of Worldbirds, and we'd love to have this added to the group!Posted on Aug 1, 2009 To comment, visit Flickr's page for this photo. More

Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii) = Date: 1 May 1998 Location: MONTE VERDE (Monteverde, Costa Rica) See general information about Prong-billed Barbet. More

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