Black-girdled Barbet

Capito dayi

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 67 g

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The black-girdled barbet is approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 56 to 74 g (2.0 to 2.6 oz). The adult male's entire crown and nape are scarlet, the sides of the head black, and the chin and throat various shades of brown. Its back is black. Its underparts are white or off-white on the upper breast merging to pale greenish yellow on the belly. Its flanks are black, which extends nearly across the lower breast forming the "girdle". The adult female differs in that its crown and nape are black. The immature is similar to the adult but duller overall. Voice: The black-girdled barbet's song is "a steadily accelerating series of hollow boo notes" . It has at least two calls, a series of notes "rok rok ock ock" and "a peculiar grating rattle" .

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When to see the Black-girdled Barbet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-girdled Barbet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.

About the Black-girdled Barbet

The black-girdled barbet is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia.

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