Mountain barbet

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Mountain barbet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Megalaimidae
Genus: Psilopogon
Species:
P. monticola
Binomial name
Psilopogon monticola
(Sharpe, 1889)
Synonyms

Megalaima monticola

The mountain barbet (Psilopogon monticola) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

They resemble female red-throated barbet - except, they have smaller bills and lack the red spot at the base of the rictal bristles ("whiskers") on each side of the upper bill.

Behaviour and ecology

Mountain barbets primarily feed on fruits, but will also eat a wide range of insects, such as ants, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, locusts, beetles, moths and mantids.

These birds nest in tree holes and hens usually lay 2 to 4 eggs, which are incubated for 13 to 15 days. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Psilopogon monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22681643A92915081. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681643A92915081.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN   978-1-906780-56-2.
  3. "Mountain Barbets". Beauty Of Birds. 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-13.