Scarlet Crowned Barbet

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

Bird name: Scarlet Crowned Barbet
Latin: Capito aurovirens
Other: Barbudo Coronirrojo (Es)
Family: Capitonidae • New World Barbets
Range: W Amazonia: NW Brazil, S Colombia, E Ecuador, N Peru
Similar: Gilded Barbet

Record shots of a pair of Scarlet-crowned Barbets, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region.

The male Scarlet-crowned Barbet, pictured above, has a red crown. The female, below, has a white crown. Both have an orange chest.