Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) [XC525337]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from PNN Chiribiquete, cunar\u00e9- Am\u00fa, Colombia (?)
Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) [XC220320]
by Niels Krabbe from Lower Rio Caura area, Bolivar, Venezuela (song)
Subspecies
Capito niger (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) and Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) following SACC (2005).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger).
The following 8 subspecies are recognised:
punctatus (Lesson, R, 1830) - South-central Colombia (from Meta) along lower eastern Andes to central Peru (Junín area).
aurantiicinctus Dalmas, 1900 - Venezuela in upper Orinoco region, western Bolívar and Amazonas.
auratus (Dumont, 1816) - Northern, western Amazonia.
orosae Chapman, 1928 - Eastern Peru from R Orosa east to R Javari, south to extreme western Brazil (Cruzeiro del Sol region of Acre).
amazonicus Deville & Des Murs, 1849 - Western Brazil south of R Solimíµes from upper R Juruá and Tefe east to R Purús.
nitidior Chapman, 1928 - Extreme eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela south to near Peru-Brazil border (north of Amazon) and to lower R Japura.
hypochondriacus Chapman, 1928 - Northern Brazil from Roraima (Maraca) southern along R Branco to angle between lower R Negro and R Solimíµes.
insperatus Cherrie, 1916 - South-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil (Calama).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet