Scarlet-crowned Barbet

Capito aurovirens

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCavity nestSmall · 56 g

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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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When to see the Scarlet-crowned Barbet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Scarlet-crowned Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Scarlet-crowned Barbet

The scarlet-crowned barbet is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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