These funny looking birds are one of two species in the genus Semnornis with Prong-billed Barbet being the other. They tend to stay pretty high up in high elevation canopy forest in Colombia and Ecuador. They are very loud with their calls traveling great distance. We heard them on my second trip to Colombia in the central cordillera, but it took some time to locate them way up over 100 yards away. They are considered to be "Near Threatened" because they are fairly picky in their nesting trees, preferring older trees of a specific family (Laurels).
No comments:
Post a Comment