Capito

Belongs within: Pici.

Capito is a South American genus of barbets with relatively short tails.

Capito Vieillot 1816B94
    |  i. s.: C. aurantiicollisSS66
    |         C. brunneipectus Chapman 1921SH02
    |         C. fitzpatrickiAP21
    |         C. hypoleucus Salvin 1897SH02
    |           |--C. h. hypoleucusSH02
    |           |--C. h. carrikeri Graves 1986SH02
    |           `--C. h. extinctus Graves 1986SH02
    |         C. melanotisSS66
    |         C. peruvianusSS66
    |--C. quinticolor Elliot 1865JT12, SH02
    `--+--+--C. aurovirens (Cuvier 1829)JT12, SH02 [=Bucco aurovirensSH02]
       |  `--C. dayi Cherrie 1916JT12, SH02
       `--+--C. wallacei O’Neill et al. 2000JT12, SH02
          `--+--+--C. auratus (Dumon 1816)JT12, SH02 [=Capito niger auratusSH02]
             |  `--C. niger (Müller 1776)JT12, SH02 [=Bucco nigerSH02]
             |       |--C. n. nigerSH02
             |       |--C. n. amazonicus Deville & Des Murs 1849 [incl. C. arimae, C. novaolindae]SH02
             |       |--C. n. aurantiicinctus Dalmas 1900 [incl. C. intermedius]SH02
             |       |--C. n. hypochondriacus Chapman 1928SH02
             |       |--C. n. insperatus Cherrie 1916 [incl. C. bolivianus]SH02
             |       |--C. n. nitidior Chapman 1928 [incl. C. transilens]SH02
             |       |--C. n. orosae Chapman 1928SH02
             |       `--C. n. punctatus (Lesson 1830) [incl. C. conjunctus, C. macintyrei]SH02
             `--+--C. maculicoronatus Lawrence 1861JT12, SH02
                |    |--C. m. maculicoronatusSH02
                |    `--C. m. rubrilateralis Chapman 1912 [incl. C. maculicoronatus melas, C. maculicoronatus pirrensis]SH02
                `--C. squamatus Salvin 1876JT12, SH02

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SH02] Short, L. L., & J. F. M. Horne. 2002. Family Capitonidae (barbets). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers pp. 140–219. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.