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[[Image:Yellow-fronted_Barbet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by juninho<br />Photo taken: The Boulder Garden, [[Sri Lanka]].]]
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[[Image:Yellow-fronted_Barbet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by juninho<br />The Boulder Garden, [[Sri Lanka]], December 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Psilopogon|Psilopogon]] flavifrons
 
;[[:Category:Psilopogon|Psilopogon]] flavifrons
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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21 cm. Green body and wings, scaly appearance to the breast,  blue face and throat, yellow crown and moustachial stripes, short neck, large head and short tail. Between the [[Red-vented Bulbul]] and [[Common Myna]] in size. Sexes alike.The call is a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.
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21–22 cm (8¼-8¾ in)
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*Green body and wings
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*Scaly appearance to the breast
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*Blue face and throat
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*Yellow crown and [[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] stripes
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*Short neck
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*Large head
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*Short tail<br />
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Sexes similar
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Between the [[Red-vented Bulbul]] and [[Common Myna]] in size.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Endemic to [[Sri Lanka]].
 
Endemic to [[Sri Lanka]].
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Sometimes placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Megalaima|Megalaima]]''.
 
Sometimes placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Megalaima|Megalaima]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forests and other woodland, including large gardens.
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Light woodland, scrub and gardens. Primary rainforest edge, wet lowlands to hills up to 2000 meters.
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==Behaviour==
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Throughout its range it is a common bird, not shy, and well known for its resounding calls, which form a pleasant feature of its haunts
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====Diet====
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They eat a variety of berries, wild figs, and cultivated fruits such as guavas and pawpaws. The nestlings are fed mainly fruit and small reptiles such as lizards and geckos.
  
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==Behaviour==
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This species are considered an orchard pest.
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Throughout its range it is a common bird, not shy, and well known for its resounding calls, which form a pleasant feature of its haunts.The Yellow-fronted Barbet feeds on numerous kinds of berries, wild figs, and cultivated fruits such as guavas and pawpaws-being rather a pest in orchards.  It feeds its young mainly on fruit, but also on some animal food as W.W.A. Philips has published a photograph of one at its nest-hole with a gecko in its beak.
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====Breeding====
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The breeding season is from February to May, with a secondary season in August-September, but an occasional nest may be found at other times of the year.  
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The nest-hole is very similar to that of the [[Brown-headed Barbet]] but slightly smaller - about two inches in diameter.  The cavity inside is oval and, if a new one, is about eight inches deep; but sometimes the birds use a nest for several years running, digging it deeper each year until it may be two feet or more deep.  The height from the ground varies greatly, but is usually from six to ten feet. The two or three white, and smooth but not glossy, eggs measure about 28 × 21 mm.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.
  
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The breeding season is from February to May, with a secondary season in August-September, but an occasional nest may be found at other times of the year.  The nest-hole is very similar to that of the [[Brown-headed Barbet]] but slightly smaller- about two inches in diameter.  The cavity inside is oval and, if a new one, is about eight inches deep; but sometimes the birds use a nest for several years running, digging it deeper each year until it may be two feet or more deep.  The height from the ground varies greatly, but is usually from six to ten feet. The two or three white, and smooth but not glossy, eggs measure about 28 × 21 mm.
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They have extended throat sacs which become visible when singing.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)
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#BF Member observations
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#mysrilanka.com
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#Wikipedia
 
{{Ref}}
 
{{Ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 22:24, 26 October 2015

Photo by juninho
The Boulder Garden, Sri Lanka, December 2005
Psilopogon flavifrons

Identification

21–22 cm (8¼-8¾ in)

  • Green body and wings
  • Scaly appearance to the breast
  • Blue face and throat
  • Yellow crown and moustachial stripes
  • Short neck
  • Large head
  • Short tail

Sexes similar Between the Red-vented Bulbul and Common Myna in size.

Distribution

Endemic to Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Sometimes placed in the genus Megalaima.

Habitat

Light woodland, scrub and gardens. Primary rainforest edge, wet lowlands to hills up to 2000 meters.

Behaviour

Throughout its range it is a common bird, not shy, and well known for its resounding calls, which form a pleasant feature of its haunts

Diet

They eat a variety of berries, wild figs, and cultivated fruits such as guavas and pawpaws. The nestlings are fed mainly fruit and small reptiles such as lizards and geckos.

This species are considered an orchard pest.

Breeding

The breeding season is from February to May, with a secondary season in August-September, but an occasional nest may be found at other times of the year.

The nest-hole is very similar to that of the Brown-headed Barbet but slightly smaller - about two inches in diameter. The cavity inside is oval and, if a new one, is about eight inches deep; but sometimes the birds use a nest for several years running, digging it deeper each year until it may be two feet or more deep. The height from the ground varies greatly, but is usually from six to ten feet. The two or three white, and smooth but not glossy, eggs measure about 28 × 21 mm.

Vocalisation

Call: a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.

They have extended throat sacs which become visible when singing.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)
  3. BF Member observations
  4. mysrilanka.com
  5. Wikipedia

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External Links

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