Female © Devin Griffiths
Male © Andres Vasquez Noboa
Female © Andres Vasquez Noboa
Male © Lisa Brunetti
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Female © Iván Lau

Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus

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Identification

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Chunky black and white bird with a stout bill. Ranges in lowland and foothill rainforest west of the Andes in Ecuador and far southwestern Colombia. Note orange forehead and large white spots on the lower back. Male has white underparts with streaked flanks; female has black throat and breast, and white scaling on the back. Male can be distinguished from Five-colored Barbet by white underparts, crown, and nape. Typically stays high in the canopy, where it joins mixed-species flocks of tanagers and other small birds.

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