Capito aurovirens
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-crowned Barbet sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 306th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-crowned Barbet in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de la Macarena National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 95 mm in January.
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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Scarlet-crowned Barbet sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%), 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (16 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.
