Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Capito aurovirens
Least ConcernThe Scarlet-crowned Barbet is a fruit-eating barbet of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. It moves through forest canopies and edges, taking fruit and insects and nesting in tree cavities. It is currently assessed as Least Concern, though healthy habitat and secure nesting trees remain important locally.
- Family
- Capitonidae
- Group
- New World Barbets
- Range
- Scarlet-crowned Barbet Range — Amazon Basin and Guianan forests
- Population
- ≈ Unknown