A small bird with a large head and strong beak, found in tropical regions, known for its loud call and tree-boring behavior.
From French 'barbican' or Latin 'barba' meaning 'beard,' referring to the tufts or bristles around the bird's mouth that resemble a beard.
Barbets are nature's woodpeckers of the songbird world—they excavate holes in trees just like woodpeckers, but they're actually more closely related to toucans, proving that similar behaviors evolve independently when solving the same problems.
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