barbet | Description, Species, Habitat | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Barbet,anyofabout80speciesoftropicalbirdsconstitutingthefamilyCapitonidae(orderPiciformes).Barbetsarenamedforthebristlesatthebasesoftheir ...

barbet, any of about 80 species[1] of tropical birds constituting[2] the family Capitonidae (order Piciformes). Barbets are named for the bristles at the bases of their stout, sharp bills. They are big-headed, short-tailed birds, 9–30 cm (3.5–12 inches) long, greenish or brownish, with splashes of bright colours or white. The smallest barbets are known as tinkerbirds[3]. The distribution of the family spans Central America[4] to northern South America; sub-Saharan Africa; and Southeast Asia[5], eastward only to Borneo and Bali. All are nonmigratory.

Barbets sit stolidly in treetops when not feeding on insects, lizards, birds’ eggs, fruit, and berries. Some climb like woodpeckers; all fly weakly. The nest is a hole, dug with the beak, high up in a rotting tree or in a termite nest.

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