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The scarlet-hooded barbet is approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 40 to 44 g (1.4 to 1.6 oz). The male's entire head, throat, and upper mantle are red but for a bit of black around the eye and bill. The rest of the upperparts are green. Its lower breast is orange and yellow; it has a gray patch on the side and the flanks are streaked with olive. Most of the female's head is also red, but the throat is yellow. It has an orange band on the upper breast and the rest of the underparts are like the male's. Voice: The scarlet-hooded barbet's song is "a fast 'oop-oop-oop-'" .
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When to see the Scarlet-hooded 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 Scarlet-hooded Barbet
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 Brazil.
About the Scarlet-hooded Barbet
The scarlet-hooded barbet is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Versicolored BarbetEubucco versicolorThe versicolored barbet is multicolored and like all barbets has a sturdy bill.
Lemon-throated BarbetEubucco richardsoniThe "lemon-throated" barbet is approximately 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long and weighs 24.5 to 34 g (0.86 to 1.20 oz).
Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcieriiMale red-headed barbet subspecies except E. b. occidentalis range in weight from 30 to 41 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz).
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