Wildlifeof Malaysia
Golden-throated Barbet
Barbets & Woodpeckers
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Psilopogon franklinii
Basic stats
Diet
Fruit
Habitat
Tropical and subtropical moist forest at about 900–2,700m
Range
Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and China
Size
20.5–23.5cm
Weight
50–101g
The golden-throated barbet is a vivid green Asian barbet, 20.5–23.5 cm long and weighing 50–101 g. It is paler yellowish green below, with deep blue wings and verditer under the tail, a dusky black bill, black around the eyes, a crimson forehead, an orange throat and greenish legs. It is resident from Nepal and India through Southeast Asia to mainland China (Wikipedia, general species account).
It inhabits tropical and subtropical moist forest at about 900–2,700 m. The male's territorial call is a very loud pukwowk (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Golden-throated Barbet eat?
- Fruit
- What habitat does the Golden-throated Barbet live in?
- Tropical and subtropical moist forest at about 900–2,700m
- Where is the Golden-throated Barbet found?
- Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and China
- How big is the Golden-throated Barbet?
- 20.5–23.5cm
- How much does the Golden-throated Barbet weigh?
- 50–101g