Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernFruit

ForestCavity nestSmall · 33 g

Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Кирилл, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The blue-eared barbet has green plumage and crimson-coloured spots on the cheeks. Its throat and ear-coverts are verditer-blue. A black band runs between throat and breast. It is 16–17 cm (6.3–6.7 in) long. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The bill is dark. The adult male has a black forehead. The female has a duller head pattern with a more orange tint to the patches above and below the ear coverts, and the juvenile has a green head with some blue on the ear coverts and throat. The male's territorial call is a repeated loud ko-turr.

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When to see the Blue-eared Barbet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue-eared Barbet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Thailand India Vietnam Cambodia China Bangladesh Laos Bhutan Myanmar (Burma)

Recorded as a rare visitor in Nepal, Malaysia.

About the Blue-eared Barbet

The blue-eared barbet is a barbet in the Megalaimidae family native to mainland Southeast Asia. Because of its wide distribution and stable population it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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Easily confused with

Turquoise-throated BarbetPsilopogon chersonesusThe turquoise-throated barbet is an Asian barbet found in Thailand.

Brown-throated BarbetPsilopogon corvinusThe brown-throated barbet is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae.

Black-banded BarbetPsilopogon javensisThe black-banded barbet is a bird species in the Megalaimidae family.

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