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This species can be told apart from the coppersmith barbet by the crimson face and throat. The call notes are more rapidly delivered than in the other species.
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When to see the Malabar Barbet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Malabar Barbet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Malabar Barbet
The Malabar barbet is an Asian barbet native to the Western Ghats in India. It was formerly treated as a race of the crimson-fronted barbet. It overlaps in some places with the range of the coppersmith barbet and has a similar but more rapid call.
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Easily confused with
Black-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvauceliiThe black-eared barbet is a barbet in the family Megalaimidae native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon frankliniiThe golden-throated barbet is vivid green above with paler yellowish-green plumage below, deep blue wings and verditer underneath the tail.
Crimson-fronted BarbetPsilopogon rubricapillusThe crimson-fronted barbet has a mainly green plumage and wings, a blue band down the side of the head and neck, and a black crescent behind the eye.
Side by side: Blue-throated Barbet vs Malabar Barbet · Great Barbet vs Malabar Barbet · Golden-throated Barbet vs Malabar Barbet · Crimson-fronted Barbet vs Malabar Barbet
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