barbet

İngilizce - Türkçe

İngilizce - İngilizce

barbet teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: A breed of small dog, with long curly hair; Any of many birds of the family Capitonidae, within the order Piciformes; {n} a bird of Ceylon of two species; A variety of small dog, having long curly hair; Any of about 75 species of tropical birds (family Capitonidae) named for the bristles at the base of their stout, sharp bill. They are big-headed and short-tailed, 3.5-12 in. (9-30 cm) long, and greenish or brownish with splashes of bright colours or white. Barbets are found throughout Central America and in northern South America, in sub-Saharan Africa, and in South Asia. They all fly weakly, and they sit in treetops when not feeding on insects, lizards, birds' eggs, fruits, and berries. They call loudly while jerking the head or tail. Maddeningly vocal or repetitious species are sometimes called brain-fever birds; It inhabits tropical America and Africa; A bird of the family Bucconidæ, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird; small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings; A larva that feeds on aphides