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[[Image:Barbet.jpg|thumb|350px|right|A female, subspecies ''auratus''<br />Photo by {{user|Aracari|Aracari }}<br />Rio Caures, Amazonas, [[Brazil]], February 2008]]
A recent split from ''[[Capito niger]]''
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Formerly considered conspecific with [[Black-spotted Barbet]]. Several subspecies have been assigned to [[Black-spotted Barbet]] by Clements but are all now moved to this species.
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There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''C. a. punctatus'':
 
*''C. a. punctatus'':
 
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*''C. a. insperatus'':
 
*''C. a. insperatus'':
 
:*South-eastern [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and western [[Brazil]] (Calama)
 
:*South-eastern [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and western [[Brazil]] (Calama)
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*''C. a. aurantiicinctus'':
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:*[[Venezuela]] (upper Orinoco region, western Bolivar and Amazonas)
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*''C. a. orosae'':
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:*Eastern [[Peru]] (Río Orosa to Rio Javari, south to extreme western [[Brazil]] in Acre)
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*''C. a. amazonicus'':
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:*Western [[Brazil]] south of Rio Solimões from upper Rio Jurúa east to Rio Purús
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*''C. a. nitidior'':
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:*Extreme eastern [[Colombia]] and southern [[Venezuela]] to [[Peru]]/[[Brazil]] border
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*''C. a. hypochondriacus'':
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:*Northern [[Brazil]] (Roraima along Rio Branco to Rio Negro and Solimões)
 
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==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Male (top) - Female (bottom)
Photo by Stanley Jones
Photo taken between Moyobamba and Tarapoto, Amazonas Department, Peru,November 2013
Capito auratus

Identification

Male: orange-red throat and yellow unmarked chest with browny streaks on the flanks of the belly.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy



A female, subspecies auratus
Photo by Aracari
Rio Caures, Amazonas, Brazil, February 2008

Formerly considered conspecific with Black-spotted Barbet. Several subspecies have been assigned to Black-spotted Barbet by Clements but are all now moved to this species.

Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies[1]:

  • C. a. punctatus:
  • South-central Colombia along lower eastern Andes to central Peru (Junín)
  • C. a. auratus:
  • North-eastern Peru (mouth of Río Napo s along Amazon and Río Ucayali)
  • C. a. insperatus:
  • C. a. aurantiicinctus:
  • Venezuela (upper Orinoco region, western Bolivar and Amazonas)
  • C. a. orosae:
  • Eastern Peru (Río Orosa to Rio Javari, south to extreme western Brazil in Acre)
  • C. a. amazonicus:
  • Western Brazil south of Rio Solimões from upper Rio Jurúa east to Rio Purús
  • C. a. nitidior:
  • C. a. hypochondriacus:
  • Northern Brazil (Roraima along Rio Branco to Rio Negro and Solimões)

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  3. Avibase
  4. BF Member observations

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