Gilded Barbet

Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Gilded Barbet
Latin: Capito auratus
Other: Barbudo Filigrana (Es)
Family: Capitonidae • New World Barbets
Range: N,W Amazonia: E Colombia, Venezuela, E Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
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Record shots of a female Gilded Barbet, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region. The male lacks the black stripes on its underparts.