Capito auratus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The gilded barbet (Capito auratus) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets, and a close relative of the toucans. It has a total length of c. 20 cm (8 in). Like other New World barbets, the gilded barbet is a thickset, relatively large-headed bird with a stubby bill. The upperparts, tail, wings, and mask are mainly black. The spotty bar over the greater wing coverts, narrow edging to the remiges, and tips to the tertials are yellow. Additionally, the narrow yellow eyebrows extend as two parallel lines over the mantle. The belly is mainly pale yellow with black streaking on the flanks. Depending on the subspecies, the throat ranges from red to orange, and the crown ranges from deep yellow to brownish-orange to reddish-orange. The female resembles the male but has extensive orange-yellow edging on the wing-coverts, yellowish streaking on the auriculars and back, and black streaking on the flanks that also extends over the chest. In females from the westernmost part of its range (subspecies punctatus), the throat is streaked black. Both sexes have dark maroon irides, greyish legs, and a broadly black-tipped grey bill. Wikipedia →
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Brazil · 2026
© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1186205 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Colombia · 2021
© Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) · XC691298 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Colombia · 2001
© Mauricio Álvarez-Rebolledo (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) · XC525491 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gilded Barbet sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 326 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 198th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gilded Barbet in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gilded 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.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Gilded Barbet sightings, Manu National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 50%), Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%) and Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Capitonidae
The closest relatives of the Gilded Barbet that you can see in Manu National Park (family Capitonidae, New World Barbets) are Lemon-throated Barbet (about 10%) and Scarlet-hooded Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gilded Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (326 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.
