- Psilopogon faiostrictus
Identification
24 cm (9½ in)
Male
- Green upperparts
- Lighter green underparts
- Brownish streaks on crown and nape
- Green ear-coverts
- Streaked throat and malar areas
Distribution
Asia: China
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in the genus Megalaima.
Subspecies
There are 2 [1]:
- P. f. praetermissus:
- P. f. faiostrictus:
Habitat
Lower ground in the evergreen, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit, such as figs, berries. It is also thought that they eat insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-eared Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-eared_Barbet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
