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ForestCavity nestMedium · 88 g
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It is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long. The plumage is mostly green. The lore has a red spot. The ear-coverts and lower malar are blue. The throat is mustard yellow. The forehead is yellow. There is a black stripe above the eye. The beak is black and thick. The breast has a blue band and a red band. The belly is yellowish-green. The feet are greyish. The sexes are alike.
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When to see the Taiwan Barbet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Taiwan Barbet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Taiwan Barbet
The Taiwan barbet, also known as the embroidered barbet, is a species of bird endemic to Taiwan.
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Easily confused with
Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicusThe adult has a streaked brown head, neck and breast, and a yellow eye patch.
Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticusThe blue-throated barbet is a non-migratory, arboreal medium-sized barbet, about the size of a myna 19–22 cm (7.5–8.7 in).
Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatusThe lineated barbet is an Asian barbet native to the Terai, the Brahmaputra basin to Southeast Asia.
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