Brown-headed Barbet

Psilopogon zeylanicus - Barbu à tête brune

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Mégalaimidés
Genus
:
Psilopogon
Species
:
zeylanicus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 28 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 108 à 140 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) is a species of bird in the Megalaimidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Psilopogon zeylanicus zeylanicus (s India and Sri Lanka)
Psilopogon zeylanicus inornatus (w India)
Psilopogon zeylanicus caniceps (Nepal to c India)

Foreign names

Barbu à tête brune,
Barbudo Cabecipardo,
Braunkopf-Bartvogel,
Bruinkopbaardvogel,
Barbetto testabruna,
Brunhuvad barbett,
Brunhodeskjeggfugl,
barbet červenozobý,
vousák hnědohlavý,
Brunhovedet Skægfugl,
rusohuppuseppä,
barbut verd de l'Índia,
pstrogłów nakrapiany,
Цейлонский бородастик,
ミドリオオゴシキドリ,
斑头绿拟啄木,
斑頭綠擬啄木,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

Avibase, Lepage Denis
Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
A Photographic GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF INDIA, Bikran Grewal, Bill Harvey, Otto Pfister
A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Krys Kazmierczak, Ber Van Perlo
IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.

Other sources of interest