Red-vented barbet

The red-vented barbet is an Asian barbet native to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, where it inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Distribution

Region

Indochina

Typical Environment

Occurs in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, primarily in evergreen and mixed moist forests. It uses both primary and well-structured secondary forest, favoring fruiting trees along ridges, valleys, and forest edges. The species forages mostly in the mid- to upper canopy but may descend to lower levels when fruit is abundant. It can persist in selectively logged areas and occasionally visits orchards or plantations adjacent to forest.

Altitude Range

Sea level to 2000 m

Climate Zone

Tropical

Characteristics

Size25–30 cm

Wing Span40–45 cm

Male Weight0.18 kg

Female Weight0.17 kg

Life Expectancy8 years

Ease of Keeping

Beginner friendly: 1/5

Useful to know

A canopy-dwelling barbet of Indochina, the red-vented barbet is named for its conspicuous red undertail (vent) patch. It spends much of its time high in evergreen forest, where its loud, repetitive calls carry far. Like many barbets, it is an important seed disperser thanks to its fruit-heavy diet.

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Behaviour

Temperament

secretive and arboreal

Flight Pattern

short, direct flights between trees with rapid, whirring wingbeats

Social Behavior

Usually solitary or in pairs, sometimes joining small mixed-fruit flocks at heavily laden trees. Territorial during breeding, when pairs excavate nest cavities in dead or soft wood. Both sexes participate in cavity excavation and incubation, and they feed the young together.

Migratory Pattern

Resident

Song Description

Produces loud, resonant, and repetitive notes, often a steady series of hollow 'tuk-tuk' phrases that can carry over long distances. Calls are delivered from high perches and may be exchanged antiphonally by pairs.

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