Yellow-fronted barbet
| Yellow-fronted barbet | |
|---|---|
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| In Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Megalaimidae |
| Genus: | Psilopogon |
| Species: | P. flavifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilopogon flavifrons (Cuvier, 1816) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megalaima flavifrons | |
The yellow-fronted barbet (Psilopogon flavifrons) is an Asian barbet which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.
Yellow-fronted barbet is an arboreal species of forests and other woodland, including large gardens, which eats mainly small fruit and only rarely insects. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-3 eggs.
This is a medium-sized barbet at 21 cm. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The adult yellow-fronted barbet has a mainly green body and wing plumage, with a scaly appearance to the breast. It has a blue face and throat, and a yellow crown and moustachial stripes.
The call is a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.
In culture
In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as mukalang kottoruwa - මූකලන් කොට්ටෝරුවා in Sinhala language.[2] Yellow-fronted barbet appears in a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp,[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Megalaima flavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/pdf/vol%203%20(1).pdf
- ↑ http://www.birdtheme.org/country/srilanka.html