monaco eye birds
Capitonidae

Red Headed Barbet

Red Headed Barbet - Eubucco bourcierii
Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Red Headed Barbet
Latin: Eubucco bourcierii
Other: Barbudo Cabecirrojo (Es)
Family: CapitonidaeNew World Barbets
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, W Venezuela, Ecuador, N Peru
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Record shots of the Red-headed Barbet, seen here on a river island in the Upper Napo region.More photos...
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Gilded Barbet

Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus
Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Gilded Barbet
Latin: Capito auratus
Other: Barbudo Filigrana (Es)
Family: CapitonidaeNew 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.

Gilded Barbet - Capito auratusMore photos...
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Scarlet Crowned Barbet

Scarlet Crowned Barbet - Capito aurovirens
Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Scarlet Crowned Barbet
Latin: Capito aurovirens
Other: Barbudo Coronirrojo (Es)
Family: CapitonidaeNew 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.

Scarlet Crowned Barbet - Capito aurovirensMore photos...
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Capitonidae - New World Barbets

102a Capitonidae - New World Barbets - IOC 2.8 2011

Here the New World Barbets are put in a single family, Capitonidae. See Semnornithidae for the Toucan Barbet and Prong Billed Barbet.

Capito aurovirens - Scarlet-crowned Barbet - W Amazonia
Capito wallacei - Scarlet-banded Barbet - NC Peru
Capito maculicoronatus - Spot-crowned Barbet - Panama, NW Colombia
Capito squamatus - Orange-fronted Barbet - SW Colombia, W Ecuador
Capito hypoleucus - White-mantled Barbet - NW Colombia
Capito dayi - Black-girdled Barbet - S Amazonia
Capito brunneipectus - Brown-chested Barbet - NC Brazil
Capito niger - Black-spotted Barbet - NE Amazonia
Capito auratus - Gilded Barbet - N, W Amazonia
Capito quinticolor - Five-colored Barbet - W Colombia, NW Ecuador

Eubucco richardsoni - Lemon-throated Barbet - W Amazonia
Eubucco bourcierii - Red-headed Barbet - Costa Rica to Ecuador
Eubucco tucinkae - Scarlet-hooded Barbet - SW Amazonia
Eubucco versicolor - Versicolored Barbet - Peru to Bolivia
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