New World barbet, the Glossary
The New World barbets are a family, Capitonidae, of 15 birds in the order Piciformes, which inhabit humid forests in Central and South America.[1]
Table of Contents
44 relations: Arthropod, Biological dispersal, Bird migration, Bird vocalization, Cannabis (drug), Capito, Capitonides, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Coca, Colombia, Deforestation, Endangered species, Eubucco, Evolution, Family (biology), Five-colored barbet, Florida, Fossil, Frank Gill (ornithologist), Gleaning (birds), Honeyguide, International Ornithologists' Union, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jacamar, Lumber, Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Miocene, Order (biology), Pamela C. Rasmussen, Paraphyly, Peru, Phylogenetics, Piciformes, Puffbird, Red-headed barbet, Scarlet-banded barbet, Seed, Semnornis, Species, Toucan, Vulnerable species, White-mantled barbet, Woodpecker.
- Capitonidae
Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
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Biological dispersal
Biological dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc.) from their birth site to their breeding site ('natal dispersal'), as well as the movement from one breeding site to another ('breeding dispersal').
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Bird vocalization
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs.
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Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.
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Capito
Capito is a genus of birds in the family Capitonidae.
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Capitonides
Capitonides is an extinct piciform from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany.
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Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon.
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Coca
Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.
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Eubucco
Eubucco is a genus of colourful birds in the family Capitonidae. New World barbet and Eubucco are taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte.
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Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Five-colored barbet
The five-colored barbet (Capito quinticolor) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
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Frank Gill (ornithologist)
Frank Bennington Gill (October 2, 1941 in New York City) is an American ornithologist with worldwide research interests and birding experience.
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Gleaning (birds)
Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals.
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Honeyguide
Honeyguides (family Indicatoridae) are a family birds in the order Piciformes.
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International Ornithologists' Union
The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) is an international organization for the promotion of ornithology.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Jacamar
The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. New World barbet and jacamar are Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics.
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Lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.
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Lybiidae
Lybiidae is a family of birds also known as the African barbets. New World barbet and Lybiidae are bird families.
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Megalaimidae
Megalaimidae, the Asian barbets, are a family of birds, comprising two genera with 35 species native to the forests of the Indomalayan realm from Tibet to Indonesia. New World barbet and Megalaimidae are bird families and Capitonidae.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
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Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Pamela C. Rasmussen
Pamela Cecile Rasmussen (born October 16, 1959) is an American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds.
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Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives.
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Puffbird
The puffbirds and their relatives in the family Bucconidae are tropical tree-dwelling insectivorous birds that are found from South America up to Mexico. New World barbet and puffbird are birds of South America.
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Red-headed barbet
The red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets.
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Scarlet-banded barbet
The scarlet-banded barbet (Capito wallacei) is a species of bird in the New World barbet family, Capitonidae.
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Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Semnornis
The toucan barbets are the small birds in the genus Semnornis. New World barbet and Semnornis are Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
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Toucan
Toucans are Neotropical birds in the family Ramphastidae. New World barbet and Toucan are Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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White-mantled barbet
The white-mantled barbet (Capito hypoleucus) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae.
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Woodpecker
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers.
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See also
Capitonidae
- List of New World barbets
- Megalaimidae
- New World barbet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_barbet
Also known as American barbet, Capitonidae, Neotropical barbet, New World barbets.