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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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Scarlet-banded BarbetCapito wallaceiThe scarlet-banded barbet is 19.5 cm (7.7 in) long and weighs 65 to 78 g (2.3 to 2.8 oz).
Sira BarbetCapito fitzpatrickiThe Sira barbet is approximately 19.5 to 20 cm (7.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 70 to 79 g (2.5 to 2.8 oz).
Five-colored BarbetCapito quinticolorThe five-colored barbet is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 54 to 69 g (1.9 to 2.4 oz).
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