Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Müller, PLS 1776)

Reference:
   Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd.

Protonym:
  Bucco niger

Type locality:
  No locality i=: Cayenne, ex Buffon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218386#page/109/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  39D8A66C9DF0CF4B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-39D8A66C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/39D8A66C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554252

Geographic range:

• Capito niger: eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Brazil north of the Amazon
• Capito auratus auratus: northeastern Peru (mouth of Río Napo south along Amazon River and Río Ucayali)
• Capito auratus punctatus: south-central Colombia along lower eastern Andes to central Peru (Junín)
• Capito auratus insperatus: southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil (Calama)
• Capito auratus aurantiicinctus: Venezuela (upper Río Orinoco region, western Bolivar, and Amazonas)
• Capito auratus orosae: eastern Peru (Río Orosa to Río Javari, southward to far western Brazil in Acre)
• Capito auratus amazonicus: western Brazil south of the Amazon River from upper Rio Jurúa eastward to Rio Purus
• Capito auratus nitidior: far eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela to Peru/Brazil border
• Capito auratus hypochondriacus: northern Brazil (Roraima along Rio Branco to Rio Negro and Solimões)
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