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Prong-billed Barbet
Semnornis frantzii
10.1907, -84.182
Field Notes
Description:
Relatively large-billed bird native to humid highland forest in Costa Rica and western Panama. DNA studies have confirmed that this bird, is more closely related to toucans than they are to Old World barbets
The prong-billed barbet likes cool, wet-mountain forest with large trees and gaps. Eats mainly fruits of trees and epiphytes, although it occasionally takes insects or flower petals
Habitat:
Cloud forest
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