Barbets (Capitonidae)
Five-colored Barbet (Capito quinticolor) - HBW 7, p. 215
French: Cabézon à cinq couleurs
German: Fünffarben-Bartvogel
Spanish: Cabezón Cincocolores
Taxonomy: Capito quinticolor Elliot, 1865, Colombia.
Relationships unclear, but possibly close to C. maculicoronatus and C. squamatus, and also to C. niger. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Colombia from C Chocó (Quibdó area) S to NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas).
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A male fluffing its feathers and then singing Locality Humedal del Yalare Protected Forest, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 April 2007 6 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.8 -
A male on a branch, fluffing its feathers Locality Humedal del Yalare Protected Forest, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 April 2007 6 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A male preening in a tree above then flying away Locality Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 18 November 2009 3 years ago 32 sec 2.3
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female
Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 8 June 2009 3 years ago 3
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Wierd grunting call then typical song. Locality Humedal del Yalare Protected Forest, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 4 April 2007 3 years ago 4
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