Capito aurovirens
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The scarlet-crowned barbet (Capito aurovirens) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The scarlet-crowned barbet is monotypic.
The New World barbets are more closely related to the toucan barbets (family Semnornithidae) and toucans (family Ramphastidae) than they are to the Asian and African barbets (families Megalaimidae and Lybiidae) despite all of the barbets' similar appearance.
The scarlet-crowned barbet is approximately 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 46 to 75 g (1.6 to 2.6 oz). Like all barbets, it is a chunky bird with a heavy bill. Both sexes are mostly olive green with a whitish chin and orange-yellow throat and upper breast. The male's red crown extends down the nape. Its underparts below the upper breast are olive, gray, and yellow. The female has a white crown that transitions to olive on the nape and is otherwise similar to the male. The immature is a grayer olive and has an olive crown with traces of red or white according to sex.
The scarlet-crowned barbet is found in the central Amazon Basin. In... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-crowned Barbet sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, based on 246 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 436 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-crowned Barbet in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in January, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet-crowned Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Scarlet-crowned Barbet sightings, Amacayacu National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%) and Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet-crowned Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Amacayacu National Natural Park (246 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
