Yellow-fronted barbet

Yellow-fronted barbet
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

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

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Psilopogon flavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/pdf/vol%203%20(1).pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.birdtheme.org/country/srilanka.html


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