Introducing the Versicolored Barbet, a vibrant bird with a strikingly colorful plumage and a noticeable blue or yellow mustache. Its feathers are so brightly hued that they create a psychedelic effect, making it a spectacular sight to behold.
The Eubucco versicolor, commonly known as the versicolored barbet, belongs to the New World barbets family and is a beautifully colorful bird. This species is easily recognizable by its robust bill and multicolored feathers. While there are slight variations in the appearance of subspecies, all male versicolored barbets have red faces and crowns with green to blue-green upper parts. The lower breast of these birds is red and their bellies are covered in green streaks with a yellowish tint.
When it comes to female birds, you can spot them with their green to blue-green upper parts. Their bellies, on the other hand, are a lovely shade of yellow with green streaks. It’s interesting to note that all subspecies of these birds measure approximately 6.3 inches in length.
The Versicolored Barbet is a type of bird that can be found residing in Bolivia and Peru, particularly in South America. Unlike other bird species, it doesn’t migrate and stays in its natural habitat throughout the year.
The Versicolored barbet is fond of submontane forests that have plenty of moss and epiphytes. These birds are often found in mature secondary forests too. Typically, all three species of the barbet thrive at an altitude ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 meters.
The primary food source for the typical member of this species is fruit and seeds, which makes up around 80% of its diet. The rest of its food intake is mostly arthropods. To find its arthropod prey, it pokes and tears through groups of withered leaves.
There is limited knowledge on how this species reproduces, and no information available on its subspecies. The main species typically mates from July to December, and there has been a reported case of a nest in a tree hole containing three eggs.
The IUCN has assessed two members of this species as Least Concern, while the Blue-chinned barbet is categorized as Near Threatened due to potentially declining population and moderate size. This species is generally not commonly seen in the wild.
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