The find of this barbet in 1996 was a big surprise. For one,
this seems to be the only Capito barbet with a montane distribution. The
paper gives Ucayali as the departamento, but from the further locality data given it seems
that the site is in Loreto.
Scarlet-banded
Barbet, taken with permission from the cover of The Auk
117, 3 (2000). Cover plate, painting,© Dan Lane.
Scarlet-banded Barbet Capito wallacei
e Peru: upper Río Cushabatay, sc Loreto. Cloud forest
insert after: Capito brunneipectus?
John P. O'Neill, Daniel F. Lane, Andrew W. Kratter, Angelo P. Capparella & Cecilia Fox Joo,
A striking new species of barbet (Capitoninae: Capito) from the eastern Andes of Peru
Auk 117, 3 (2000): 569-577