About Capito aurovirens (Cuvier, 1829)
The scarlet-crowned barbet, with the scientific name Capito aurovirens, is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family, also known as the New World barbets. This species is found across Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, with its full range covering the central Amazon Basin. To the west, its territory stretches from the Andean foothills of southern Colombia, through eastern Ecuador, to east-central Peru. To the east and south, it reaches as far as the Negro River in northwestern Brazil, the municipality of Tefé on the upper Amazon in central Brazil, and Acre in west-central Brazil. The scarlet-crowned barbet inhabits increasingly drier forest types, moving from swamp forest through várzea and transitional forest to secondary forest. It typically stays close to water, and it uses every vertical level of the forest, from the ground up to the canopy. In terms of elevation, it is found from the lowlands up to only 500 to 600 m (1,600 to 2,000 ft) in the Andean foothills.
