Crimson-fronted Barbet

Psilopogon rubricapillus - Barbu à couronne rouge

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 32 à 42 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Crimson-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon rubricapillus) is a species of bird in the Megalaimidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Barbu à couronne rouge,
Barbudo de Ceilán,
barbichas-cingalês,
Ceylonbartvogel,
Roodkeelbaardvogel,
Barbetto frontecremisi,
ceylonbarbett,
Flammeskjeggfugl,
barbet červenočelý,
vousák indický,
Rødmasket Skægfugl,
tulipääseppä,
barbut verd de Sri Lanka,
pstrogłów czerwonoczelny,
Малабарский бородастик,
ヒノドゴシキドリ,
斯里兰卡拟啄木鸟,
緋喉擬啄木,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan Vol 7, Salim ali et Dillon Ripley
Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides, Lester Short and Jennifer Horne
Avibase, Lepage Denis
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest