Capito niger
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The black-spotted barbet (Capito niger) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is found in Brazil, the Guianas, and Venezuela. The black-spotted barbet was formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller under the binomial name Bucco niger. Müller based his account on the "Tamatia à tête et gorge rouge" from Cayenne that had been described in 1780 by the French naturalist, the Comte de Buffon. The specific epithet niger is Latin meaning "black". The black-spotted barbet is now placed with ten other species in the genus Capito that was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
Until the late 20th century, the black-spotted barbet was considered to be a conspecific with the widespread gilded barbet (Capito auratus). The black-spotted, gilded, and brown-chested barbets (C. brunneipectus) apparently form a superspecies.
The black-spotted barbet is 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 41 to 68 g (1.4 to 2.4 oz). It is intricately colored, with much variation in the richness of the colors. The adult male has a red... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-spotted Barbet sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-spotted Barbet in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-spotted 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.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-spotted Barbet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Piciformes
The closest relatives of the Black-spotted Barbet that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (order Piciformes, Woodpeckers and Allies) are Golden-olive Woodpecker (about 50%), Guianan Toucanet (about 30%) and Red-necked Woodpecker (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-spotted Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (27 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.
