They choose cavities made by woodpeckers and coppersmith barbets. Sometimes, it uses old nesting holes of woodpeckers and barbets. The woodpeckers and allies include honeyguides, African barbets, African piculet, ground woodpecker, "Dendropicos" and "Campethera". The coppersmith barbet's range overlaps with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. The subfamily Lybiinae contains the African arboreal barbets. The African barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. The Asian barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. The barbets are plump birds with short necks and large heads. The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. The barbets and tinkerbirds are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. Figs of the genus "Ficus" are the most important fruit taken by Asian barbets. There is generally not much interaction between Asian barbets and humans. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the American barbets. The African terrestrial barbets, Trachyphoninae, range from the southern Sahara to South Africa. New World barbets have little impact on humans.