Scarlet-banded barbet

Scarlet-banded barbet
File:Capito wallacei.jpg
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Capitonidae
Genus:	Capito
Species:	C. wallacei
Binomial name
Capito wallacei O'Neill et al., 2000
Synonyms
Scarlet-belted barbet

The scarlet-banded barbet (Capito wallacei) is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family.

Discovered in 1996 and formally described in 2000, the scarlet-banded barbet is endemic to humid highland forest growing on a ridgetop known as Peak 1538 in the remote Cordillera Azul National Park in south-western Loreto, Peru (mistakenly listed as being in Ucayali, Peru, in its formal description). While it remains fairly common, its range is tiny and the total population has been estimated at less than 1000 individuals. Consequently, it is rated as vulnerable by BirdLife International and IUCN.

A strikingly coloured species, it measures 19 cm (7.5 in) long. The cap and nape are scarlet, while a broad white supercilium separates the crown from the black ear coverts. Most of the upperparts are black, except for the yellow back and large white rump patch. Below, the throat and upper breast are white, bordered below by a broad scarlet band, while the rest of the underparts are yellow.

External links

• Recently described new species for the family New World Barbets and Allies at Ornitaxa.com
• Capito wallacei on Avibase
• Scarlet-belted barbet videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Interactive range map of Capito wallacei at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Scarlet-banded barbet on Xeno-canto.