The orange-fronted barbet (Capito squamatus) is a species of bird in the family Capitonidae.

Its head except for the chin and its upperparts are black; white on some wing feathers remain visible when they are folded.

There it inhabits wet lowlands and hill country, using primary and secondary forest and their edges as well as more open areas such as farms, orchards, and pastures with trees.

Like all New World barbets, it excavates a nest hole in a tree; this species apparently sites the cavity several meters above ground.

[3] The orange-fronted barbet's song is a "low-pitched, very fast, soft, purring trill" [1].