COPPERSMITH BARBET

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 827)                         COPPERSMITH BARBET               Megalaima haemacephala 

CAMBODIA                2

Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from dry lowlands up to drier mid hills; and local in wet zone including up to mid hills.

BLACK-BROWED BARBET

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1181                BLACK-BROWED BARBET                   Megalaima oorti 

MALAYSIA                 96

Found in broad-leafed evergreen forest; 600-1,450 m. 21.5-23.5 cm. fairly common to common resident extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

FIRE-TUFTED BARBET

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1162             FIRE-TUFTED BARBET              Psilopogon pyrolophus 

MALAYSIA             76

Found in the canopy and middle storey of montane evergreen rainforest at c. 900-2,000 m. 28 cm. Resident in mountains of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

CRIMSON-FRONTED BARBET

March 2017

1108              CRIMSON-FRONTED BARBET               Megalaima rubricapillus

SRI LANKA            130

Endemic. Also known as Ceylon Small Barbet. Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from lowlands up to mid hills, but rather local in dry zone.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Subspecies indica, photographed March 2017

 (*   827)                         COPPERSMITH BARBET               Megalaima haemacephala 

SRI LANKA                  74

Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from dry lowlands up to drier mid hills; and local in wet zone including up to mid hills.

                                                                                                       

YELLOW-FRONTED BARBET

Photographed March 2017

1074                     YELLOW-FRONTED BARBET             Megalaima flavifrons

SRI LANKA                 73

Found in  forests, and well-wooded gardens; prefers dense forest. 21 cm. Endemic, fairly common locally from wet lowlands up to mid hills; rather uncommon in drier areas of eastern foothills and in higher hills.

BROWN-HEADED BARBET

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2017

1056                  BROWN-HEADED BARBET                   Megalaima zeylanica  

SRI LANKA                   6

Subspecies zeylanica. Found in forests, open woods, gardens and trees in cultivation. 27 cm. Common breeding resident from lowlands to mid hills and occasionally visits higher hills.

LINEATED BARBET

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

(*  846)               LINEATED BARBET                    Megalaima lineata

NEPAL            

Found in open deciduous forests, well-wooded areas and roadside avenues with fruiting trees. 28 cm. Widespread and locally common resident.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

(*  827)               COPPERSMITH BARBET                      Megalaima haemacephala

NEPAL          

Found in deciduous biotope, especially with figs; open wooded country, groves and wooded gardens. 17 cm. Widespread resident, common.

GREAT BARBET

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

1019               GREAT BARBET                Megalaima virens

NEPAL             90

Found in mostly moist, broadleaved forest; also well-wooded country. 33 cm. Common, widespread resident.

BLUE-THROATED BARBET

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, March 2017

979             BLUE-THROATED BARBET                  Megalaima asiaticca                

NEPAL                 24

Found in evergreen and deciduous trees, especially figs; open forest, groves near habitation and gardens. 23 cm. Widespread and common resident.

LINEATED BARBET

Subspecies hodgsoni photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see    846)              LINEATED BARBET                   Megalaima lineata

SINGAPORE               (78)

Originated from escapees. Found in secondary forests, scrubs, old plantations and occasionally parkland. 27 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, E India to S China and mainland Southeast Asia; Thai-Malay Peninsula to northern half of Peninsula Malaysia,; also introduced into Bali, Java and Singapore.

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.

  

LINEATED BARBET

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(846)              LINEATED BARBET                   Megalaima lineata

INDONESIA (Bali)         (63)        

Avoids wet rainforests, preferring open monsoon forest, with scrub and long grass between trees, often just behind the coast. 29 cms. Range: Oriental region: In Indonesia occurs only on Java and Bali, where it is locally a fairly common resident.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(827)              COPPERSMITH BARBET            Megalaima haemacephala

INDONESIA (Bali)         (36)        

Found on forest edges and open woodlands, never in closed forest; occurs from coastal mangroves to lower montane villages and gardens. 15 cms. Ranges: Oriental Region: widespread and generally common on Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Note: The subspecies Rosea is found on Bali.