YELLOW-EARED BARBET

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(855)              YELLOW-EARED BARBET                 Psilopogon australis 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (76)        

Found in primary forest and edges in lowlands and foothills; mainly evergreen forest. 17 cms. Range: Java and Bali.

NOTE: another contentious species. Used to be lumped with Psilopogon cycantis and Psilopogon duvaucelii, and called Blue-eared Barbet. The Blue-eared Barbet has red around the face, however in the Javan and Bali species this red is replaced by yellow, hence the name Yellow-eared Barbet. Also listed by Clements as Little Barbet.