The Story
I photographed this Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) at Playa Rica Turismo Comunitario, by the Putumayo River near Puerto Asís, Putumayo, Colombia. It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The male’s red crown extends down the nape, while the female has a white crown that turns olive on the nape and is otherwise similar to the male. It lives from the lowlands up to only 500 or 600 meters in the Andean foothills, and it eats berries, fruit and insects. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I photographed it with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/1000 sec, f/11, ISO 3200, +0.5 EV. Playa Rica is about 20 minutes from Puerto Asís, and its trails include the walk to the Árbol que Camina, the walking tree.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) belongs to the family Capitonidae (New World Barbets) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2018), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List