American barbets
capitonidae latin

The American barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads.

The Ramphastidae family is most closely related to the American barbets.

American barbets have little impact on humans.

Like their relatives, American barbets are thought to be important agents in seed dispersal in tropical forests.

Family Capitonidae - American barbets (about 15 species)

American barbets are mostly arboreal birds which nest in tree holes dug by breeding pairs, laying 2-4 eggs.

Alternatively, the toucans, which evolved from a common ancestor shared with the American barbets, might be included in the traditional all-encompassing barbet family.

American barbets, family Capitonidae, are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes which inhabit humid forests in Central and South America.

It often has been placed with the other barbets in the Capitonidae.

Capito is a genus of birds in the Capitonidae family.

Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.

Family Semnornithidae - toucan-barbets (2 species, recently split from Capitonidae)

Family Capitonidae - American barbets (about 15 species)

Monograph of the Capitonidae.

They make up the bulk of this newly verified clade, which was hitherto united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae.

However, this has turned out to be paraphyletic with regard to toucans; thus only the American true barbets are retained in the Capitonidae.

Family Lybiidae - African barbets (about 40 species, recently split from Capitonidae)

The Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family.

It belongs to the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae.

Lybius is a genus of African barbets from the family Lybiidae (formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae).

American barbets, family Capitonidae, are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes which inhabit humid forests in Central and South America.

The latter, however, are at least as close to the toucans as to the other lineages of barbets, making it necessary to split up the old paraphyletic "Capitonidae".

The Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family, the barbets, and are close relatives of the toucans.

They were usually united with their American and Asian relatives in the Capitonidae for quite some time, but this has been confirmed to be limited to the main American lineage.

The other families form another monophyletic group of suborder rank, but the barbets were determined to be paraphyletic with regard to the toucans and hence, the formerly all-encompassing Capitonidae have been split up.

A family of birds comprising the Asian barbets, the Megalaimidae were once united with all other barbets in the Capitonidae (Short & Horne 2002) but they have turned out to be distinct.

The Zambian Barbet or Chaplin's Barbet (Lybius chaplini) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae.