Spot-crowned Barbet - BirdForum Opus

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Male
Photo by wim de groot
El Valle de Anton, Panama, February 2010

Capito maculicoronatus

Distribution

Central and South America: found only in Panama and Colombia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

Female, subspecies maculicoronatus
Photo by PanamaHarpy
La Mesa-El Valle, Panama, September 2011

• C.m. maculicoronatus:

• Western Panama (Veraguas) east to Canal Zone)

• C.m. rubrilateralis:

• Eastern Panama to north-western Colombia (east to Antioquia and south to Valle)

Two additional subspecies pirrensis and melas are not generally recognised^[2].

Habitat

Humid forest.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spot-crowned Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spot-crowned_Barbet

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