Birds of Peru - Capito


Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus insperatus) Male Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus nitidior) Male PNN Amacayacu, Colombia Red-throated races are found from northeast Peru and southeast Colombia eastward into Brazil and Venezuela.
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Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus insperatus) Female Puerto Maldonado, Peru
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Widespread and commonly heard, but often too high to see well (but will sometimes come to bottom of forest for berries).
A red-throated male hanging from a flower trying to pull it free with its weight.
Red-throated female.


Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) Male Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) Female Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Sira Barbet (Capito fitzpatricki) Near Threatened ENDEMIC Ucayali Region, Peru
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Split from the Scarlet-banded Barbet based on plumage difference and DNA analysis.


Scarlet-banded Barbet (Capito wallacei) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Plataforma, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.