Family New World Barbets (Capitonidae)
Least Concern
Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens)
Taxonomy
French: Cabézon oranvert German: Olivrücken-Bartvogel Spanish: Cabezón oliva
Taxonomy:
Bucco aurovirens
Cuvier
, 1829,Peru
.Distribution:
SE Colombia E to NW Brazil (E to R Negro), and S through E Ecuador to CE Peru and W Brazil (E & S to Tefé and Acre).
Descriptive notes
c. 19 cm; 46–75 g. Green-olive barbet with orange-yellow throat to breast, whitish chin. Male with red crown to nape, some black in olive lores, olive-green ear-coverts... read more
Voice
Song a series of low “ttroup” or “ttdoot” notes, effect that of frog or... read more
Habitat
Near water in seasonally flooded várzea forest, floodplain low forest, forest... read more
Food and feeding
Berries, fruits, some insects, details unknown; captives eat beetles, earwigs, mealworms. Gleans in foliage, on branches and twigs, probes... read more
Breeding
Jan–May in Colombia and Ecuador; Jul–Aug, also Apr and Dec, in Peru; probably Dec onwards in Brazil. Countersinging occurs,... read more
Movements
Presumaby resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Overall reasonably common; common in Colombia; fairly common to common in Ecuador, and especially numerous at Limoncocha; fairly common in Peru.... read more
No apparent close relatives. May be closest to C. dayi and C. quinticolor#R. Monotypic.