Capito

Capito is a genus of birds in the family Capitonidae. They are found in humid forests in South America, with a single species extending into eastern Panama. Slightly larger than the members of the genus Eubucco, members of the genus Capito are all sexually dimorphic and thickset, and have stubby pale bills that often are tipped black. With the exception of the somewhat aberrant scarlet-crowned barbet, black, red, orange, yellow and white are the dominating colours in their plumage, and males have at least partially black backs. Typically seen singly or in pairs, they are primarily frugivorous, but also take arthropods.

Capito
female Black-spotted barbet (C. niger)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Capitonidae
Genus: Capito
Vieillot, 1816
Species

11, see text

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Capito auratusGilded barbetBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Capito aurovirensScarlet-crowned barbetBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Capito brunneipectusBrown-chested barbetcentral Amazon Basin, eastern Amazonas–western Pará states, North Region, Brazil
Capito dayiBlack-girdled barbetBolivia and Brazil.
Capito hypoleucusWhite-mantled barbetColombia
Capito maculicoronatusSpot-crowned barbetColombia and Panama
Capito nigerBlack-spotted barbetnortheastern South America, ranging as far south as the Amazon River and as far west as the Branco River
Capito quinticolorFive-colored barbetwestern Colombia and far north-western Ecuador
Capito squamatusOrange-fronted barbetwestern Ecuador and extreme southwestern Colombia
Capito wallaceiScarlet-banded barbetsouth-western Loreto, Peru
Capito fitzpatrickiSira barbeteastern Andes of Ucayali Department, Peru

References

  • Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O'Neill, & T. Parker III. (2007). Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9


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