Eubucco bourcierii
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The red-headed barbet has six subspecies:
Females except occidentalis weigh 31 to 38 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). Male occidentalis weigh 37.8 to 45.1 g (1.33 to 1.59 oz) and females 37.8 to 43.7 g (1.33 to 1.54 oz). Males have a red head, an orange to yellow breast, and a white belly. A white collar separates the head from the olive green back. The amount of red on the throat and chest and the width of the orange-yellow breast band vary among the subspecies. The female's crown and nape vary from dull orange to shades of green among the subspecies. Several have a black forehead. Its back is green, the throat grayish yellow with a yellow to orange... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 14 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque de las Leyendas | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-headed Barbet sighting in Poás Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 1,517 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 356 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Red-headed Barbet in Poás Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-headed 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.
2nd of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Red-headed Barbet sightings, Poás Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%. The best odds are in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 60%).
Same order: Piciformes
The closest relatives of the Red-headed Barbet that you can see in Poás Volcano National Park (order Piciformes, Woodpeckers and Allies) are Northern Emerald-Toucanet (about 70%), Prong-billed Barbet (about 60%) and Hairy Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-headed Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Poás Volcano National Park (1,517 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.
