Brown-chested Barbet

Capito brunneipectus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 58 g

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The brown-chested barbet is approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) long; the male weighs approximately 58 g (2.0 oz). The male's crown is dull gold with a wide black patch through the eye below it. Its back is black with yellow streaks. The throat is yellowish-white; below it is a cinnamon breastband and a yellow to olive belly, both with faint streaks. The female is similar but duller and it has more yellowish markings on the wings and its throat is black-spotted cinnamon. Voice: The brown-chested barbet's song is "a rapid 'hoo' trill of short notes" .

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When to see the Brown-chested Barbet

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

Where to see the Brown-chested Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Brown-chested Barbet

The brown-chested barbet, also called cinnamon-breasted barbet, is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is endemic to Brazil's central Amazon Basin.

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