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It turns out that Barbets are of the same family has woodpeckers and they do indeed whack out cavities in wood stumps to make nests. But the great use of the massive beak is to crush hard fruits which makes up a good part of their intake.
You are fortunate that your South American species have different colors for females. In Africa the species there don’t!