Semnornis ramphastinus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) is a barbet native to western Ecuador and Colombia. Along with the prong-billed barbet, it forms the family Semnornithidae, and is closely related to the toucans. It is a medium-sized barbet with a robust yellow bill. It has striking plumage, having a black head with grey throat and nape, red breast and upper belly, yellow lower belly and grey wings and tail.
The toucan barbet is native to humid montane forests, where it occupies all levels of the canopy and is found in both primary and secondary forests, as well as forest edges. It is social, living in small family groups which work together to defend their territories and raise the chicks communally. It feeds on fruit and a range of animal prey, with insects being an important part of the diet of chicks. It sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks. Chicks are raised in cavities dug into large, usually dead trees.
Young toucan barbets are preyed upon by plate-billed mountain toucans. The species is considered to be near threatened, mainly due to trapping for the cage-bird trade. It has also declined due to habitat loss, particularly the loss of large trees in which to breed, although the species is adaptable if left unmolested. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
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Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Toucan Barbet sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 2,281 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Toucan Barbet in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against about 40% in June and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Toucan Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, in our data
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Toucan Barbet sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Piciformes
The closest relatives of the Toucan Barbet that you can see in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (order Piciformes, Woodpeckers and Allies) are Red-headed Barbet (about 60%), Crimson-rumped Toucanet (about 30%) and Spot-crowned Barbet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Toucan Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (2,281 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
