Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Capito aurovirens(Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
English (US) Scarlet-crowned Barbet
The Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Capitonidae (New World Barbets) in the order Piciformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to eastern Peru and western Amazonian Brazil (east to Rio Negro)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Capito aurovirens
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet-crowned Barbet
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco aurovirens
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
- Type locality
- Peru ex LeVaillant, Ois de Paradis, pi. E.
- Original description
- Le règne animal distribué d'aprés son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée ed. 2, 1 p.458
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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