Gilded Barbet vs Scarlet-crowned Barbet

Gilded Barbet

Capito auratus

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It has a total length of c. 20 cm (8 in). Like other New World barbets, the gilded barbet is a thickset, relatively large-headed bird with a stubby bill. The upperparts, tail, wings, and mask are mainly black. The spotty bar over the greater wing coverts, narrow edging to the remiges, and tips to the tertials are yellow. Additionally, the narrow yellow eyebrows extend as two parallel lines over the mantle. The belly is mainly pale yellow with black streaking on the flanks.

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Scarlet-crowned Barbet

Capito aurovirens

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The scarlet-crowned barbet is approximately 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 46 to 75 g (1.6 to 2.6 oz). Like all barbets, it is a chunky bird with a heavy bill. Both sexes are mostly olive green with a whitish chin and orange-yellow throat and upper breast. The male's red crown extends down the nape. Its underparts below the upper breast are olive, gray, and yellow. The female has a white crown that transitions to olive on the nape and is otherwise similar to the male. The immature is a grayer olive and has an olive crown with traces of red or white according to sex. Voice: The scarlet-crowned barbet's song is "a series of low 'ttroup' or 'ttdoot' notes , and it countersings. Its calls are described as "grating-like" .

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