Species profile
Orange-fronted Barbet
Capito squamatus
Quick answer
Extreme sw Colombia (se Nariño) and w Ecuador (s to El Oro)
- Scientific name
- Capito squamatus
- Family
- Capitonidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Capito
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Orange-fronted Barbet in your journal
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Related species in Capitonidae
- Black-girdled Barbet (Capito dayi)
- Black-Spotted Barbet (Capito niger)
- Blue-moustached Barbet (Eubucco versicolor)
- Brown-chested Barbet (Capito brunneipectus)
- Capito lineatus (Capito lineatus)
- Five-colored Barbet (Capito quinticolor)
- Flame-throated Barbet (Eubucco aurantiicollis)
- Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus)