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The Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) is a stocky, exquisitely painted canopy dweller native to the lush, undisturbed forests of the western Amazon Basin. Belonging to the New World barbet family (Capitonidae), this charismatic bird is instantly recognized by its heavy,...
Birds > Barbets
The Five-colored Barbet (Capito quinticolor) is a strikingly patterned, stocky frugivorous bird endemic to the drenched pluvial rainforests of the Chocó biogeographic hotspot in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. With its heavy bill and dazzling five-hued...
Birds > Barbets
The Scarlet-banded Barbet (Capito wallacei) is a spectacularly plumaged, localized avian species discovered in 1996 during an expedition to the remote, cloud-swathed ridges of the Cordillera Azul in central Peru. Belonging to the New World barbet family Capitonidae,...
Birds > Barbets
The Sira Barbet (Capito fitzpatricki) is an exceptionally colorful, frugivorous canopy bird discovered in 2008 and formally described in 2012 from the cloud-shrouded Cerros del Sira mountain range in central Peru. Named in honor of prominent ornithologist John W....
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