Toucan Barbet

Semnornis ramphastinus (Jardine, 1855)

Semnornithidae — Toucan Barbets

Toucan Barbet, Semnornis ramphastinus, occurs in western Colombia and western Ecuador. It is a member of Piciformes and the family Semnornithidae, and was described by Jardine in 1855. This barbet is linked with humid montane forest, where it uses the canopy as well as lower levels. It occurs in primary and secondary woodland and along forest margins. It nests in holes made in large trees, usually dead ones. It is associated with small family parties, and the young are vulnerable to plate-billed mountain toucans.

Order
Piciformes
Family
Semnornithidae — Toucan Barbets
Breeding range
South America: w Colombia to w Ecuador
Toucan Barbet
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Tours where you can spot this bird

9 tours in Ecuador 5, Colombia 4

8-Day High Andes and Chocó Birding Journey
8-Day High Andes and Chocó Birding Journey
Ecuador / Quito Private tour 8 days

Follow an eight-day birding circuit from Quito through high-Andean forest, Chocó cloud forest and lowland reserves, ending among Antisana�...

Private 16-Day Complete Ecuador Birding Tour
Private 16-Day Complete Ecuador Birding Tour
Ecuador / Quito Private tour 16 days

A private 16-day Ecuador circuit combining Chocó cloud forest, high-Andean reserves and the Amazonian east slope for a broad range of habit...

From USD 6,400
Private 9-Day Mindo and Amazon Foothills Birding Expedition
Private 9-Day Mindo and Amazon Foothills Birding Expedition
Ecuador / Mindo 9 days

Connect Mindo’s Choco cloud forest, high-Andean habitat and the eastern Amazon foothills on a private nine-day birding and photography jou...

Private 4-Day Mindo Cloud Forest Birdwatching Tour
Private 4-Day Mindo Cloud Forest Birdwatching Tour
Ecuador / Mindo 4 days

Follow a private four-day route from Yanacocha’s high Andean forest into Mindo’s Choco cloud forest for focused birding and photography....

Private 12-Day Colombian Endemics: Western and Central Andes with Alboreo
Private 12-Day Colombian Endemics: Western and Central Andes with Alboreo
Colombia / Medellin Private tour 12 days

Travel privately from Medellín to Cali over 12 days, linking Western and Central Andean cloud forest, antpitta feeders, páramo and Chocó-...

Private 10-Day Andes-to-Amazon Colombia Birding Journey with Alboreo
Private 10-Day Andes-to-Amazon Colombia Birding Journey with Alboreo
Colombia / Cali Private tour 10 days

Follow Colombia’s ecological gradient on a private 10-day journey from Cali’s Pacific-slope Andes through dry forest and wetlands to Ama...

Custom Central-Western Andes Colombia Birding Expedition
Custom Central-Western Andes Colombia Birding Expedition
Colombia / Pereira or Cali Private tour

A flexible Montes Andinos birding expedition built around Colombia birding hotspots in Risaralda, Caldas, Choco and Valle del Cauca....

10-Day Central and Western Andes Colombia Birding Tour
10-Day Central and Western Andes Colombia Birding Tour
Colombia / Cali, Pereira and Medellin Group tour 10 days

A 10-day Montes Andinos birdwatching route through the central and western Andes of Colombia, from Cali to Medellin....

From USD 2,140
Northern Ecuador Birding Paradise
Northern Ecuador Birding Paradise
Ecuador / Mindo Private tour 11 days

An 11-day private birding journey through Quito, Mindo, Choco cloud forest reserves, antpitta sites, Rio Silanche, Paz de las Aves, and Anti...