Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest, forest edge and second growth. Also farms, orchards, plantations and pastures in search of fruiting trees. From sea-level - 800 m.
Extreme south-western Colombia (south-western Nariņo) and western Ecuador (south to El Oro).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat dstruction and degradation through logging, human settlement, cattle grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Orange-fronted Barbet (Capito squamatus) [XC35150]
by Andrew Spencer from ca 6.5 km east of Guallabillas, northwest Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Orange-fronted Barbet (Capito squamatus) [XC186936]
by Niels Krabbe from Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Has been thought to form a superspecies with Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus) and shares some plumage patterns, but probably not very closely related, and is separated geographically from it by divergent Five-colored Barbet (Capito quinticolor). Possibly distantly related to White-mantled Barbet (Capito hypoleucus).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet