Birds of the World


Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus insperatus) Male Range: SA: n, w Amazonia Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus nitidior) Male Range: SA: n, w Amazonia PNN Amacayacu, Colombia Red-throated races are found from northeast Peru and southeast Colombia eastward into Brazil and Venezuela.
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Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus insperatus) Female Range: SA: n, w Amazonia Puerto Maldonado, Peru
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Widespread and commonly heard, but often too high to see well (but will sometimes come to bottom of forest for berries).
A red-throated male hanging from a flower trying to pull it free with its weight.
Red-throated female.


Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) Male Range: SA: w Amazonia Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Brown-chested Barbet (Capito brunneipectus) Range: SA: nc Brazil


Black-girdled Barbet (Capito dayi) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: s Amazonia Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Sira Barbet (Capito fitzpatricki) Near Threatened Range: SA: c Peru Ucayali Region, Peru
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Split from the Scarlet-banded Barbet based on plumage difference and DNA analysis.


White-mantled Barbet (Capito hypoleucus) Male Range: SA: nw Colombia Zafra Reserva Natural, Colombia
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Found usually in the Andean foothills of the Magdalena valley up to 1500m. Male and female similar, but female has black mark at base of lower mandible. Found inside healthy forest, but can also tolerate some degradation.
At a nest.


Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus rubrilateralis) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama and nw Colombia Anchicaya, Colombia
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Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus rubrilateralis) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama and nw Colombia Anchicaya, Colombia
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Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) Male Range: SA: ne Amazonia Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) Female Range: SA: ne Amazonia Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
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Five-colored Barbet (Capito quinticolor) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia
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Rare and local and usually in the canopy in Pacific flat lowlands before the Andes start.


Orange-fronted Barbet (Capito squamatus) Male Range: SA: sw Colombia and w Ecuador Ecuador
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Orange-fronted Barbet (Capito squamatus) Female Range: SA: sw Colombia and w Ecuador Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia
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Scarlet-banded Barbet (Capito wallacei) Vulnerable Range: SA: nc Peru Plataforma, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.