Orange polka dot beard bird

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Orange polka dot beard bird
Orange-spotted beard bird, in front a male, above a young bird

Orange-spotted beard bird, in front a male, above a young bird

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)
Family : American bearded birds (Capitonidae)
Genre : Bearded beards ( capito )
Type : Orange polka dot beard bird
Scientific name
Capito auratus
( Dumont , 1816)

The orange-black-spotted barbet ( Capito auratus ) is a bird art from the family of American barbets. The species is widespread in South America. Capito auratus has long been regarded as a subspecies of the whiskered bird ( Capito niger ), which is why this species - which does not yet have its own German name - is sometimes also referred to as the whiskered bird in German usage. Since 2005, the two types of separation have been generally recognized.

The IUCN classifies the orange-potted beard bird as not endangered ( least concern ).

Appearance

The males of the Orange-Polka Dot Bird reach a wing length of 8.0 to 8.7 centimeters and the beak is between 2.0 and 2.5 centimeters long. The males have an orange forehead and an orange skull. This orange is set off from the beak by a very narrow black stripe. A lighter, narrow stripe begins behind the eyes and forms a V-shaped mark on the coat. The coat and the rest of the top of the body are black. The chin and throat are reddish orange, on the chest this turns into a strong yellow orange. The belly is yellowish white, on the sides of the body there are gray, often teardrop-shaped spots. The females are overall much more brownish, on the underside of the body the drop markings are denser and already begin on the throat. The wing covers are lined with orange.

distribution and habitat

The range of the orange-polka-dot-whiskered bird is one of the largest among the American bearded birds. It extends from the eastern foothills of the Andes to the rivers in the west of the Amazon basin . The range includes the east of Colombia and Venezuela, the east of Ecuador, the north to south-east of Peru and the north of Bolivia. In Bolivia, however, the occurrence of the orange-potted beard bird is limited to the area of ​​the tributaries of the Rio Madeira . The eastern limit of distribution is the Rio Purus in the southwestern Amazon basin. In the northwest of the Amazon basin, the Brazilian state of Roraima represents the eastern border of the distribution area.

The habitat are humid tropical forests of the lowlands. The orange-potted beard bird lives mainly on fruits.

supporting documents

literature

  • Lester L. Short and Jennifer FM Horne: Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides - Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-854666-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Avibase on Capito auratus , accessed January 30, 2011
  2. ↑ BirdLife Factsheet on Capito auratus and the separation from Capito niger , accessed on January 30, 2011
  3. ↑ BirdLife Factsheet on Capito auratus , accessed February 1, 2011
  4. ↑ Short et al., P. 302

Web link

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