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Spot-crowned Barbet
Capito maculicoronatus Lawrence, 1861
Capitonidae — New World Barbets
Spot-crowned Barbet, Capito maculicoronatus, is a bird of Panama and north-west Colombia in Middle America and South America, belonging to the family Capitonidae in the order Piciformes. It was described by Lawrence in 1861. It lives in wet primary forest in lowland and hill country, and also uses secondary forest. The nominate form occurs from Veraguas Province in Panama east to the Canal Zone, while rubrilateralis ranges from eastern Panama into Colombia as far as Antioquia and Valle departments. Two subspecies are recognised, with two others proposed but not separated from rubrilateralis.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Capitonidae — New World Barbets
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama and nw Colombia
