Moustached Barbet - BirdForum Opus

Psilopogon incognitus

Photo by Peter Ericsson
Location: Khao Yai , Thailand

Identification

23cm. Small red patch on rear crown, blue cheeks and throat, black eye and submoustachial stripe. The juvenile has duller, greener sides of the head and throat and a narrower submoustachial stripe.

Distribution

Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in the genus Megalaima.

Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen forest.

Behaviour

It nests in a tree hole.

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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Moustached Barbet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Moustached_Barbet

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