A STRIKING NEW SPECIES OF BARBET (CAPITONINAE: CAPITO) FROM THE EASTERN ANDES OF PERU

Abstract

"[we] made a trail from the east bank of the upper Rio Cushabatay, departamento Ucayali, Peru, northeast to the top of a 1,538 m peak at 7º05'S, 75º39'W. The peak supports cloud forest from 1,200 m to the summit, and this 'island' of habitat may be among the most isolated areas of cloud forest in South America. Among the depauperate cloud-forest avifauna we discovered a striking new species of Capito barbet, which apparently is the only member of the genus restricted to this habitat"