Green-eared Barbet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Don Gato
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, November 2007

Psilopogon faiostrictus

Identification

24 cm
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:

• Northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China

• P. f. faiostrictus:

• Central and southern Thailand, Cambodia and southern Vietnam

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

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Green-eared Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-eared_Barbet

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