Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Text last updated December 23, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | barbut verd d'orelles grogues |
Czech | barbet žlutouchý |
Dutch | Geeloorbaardvogel |
English | Yellow-eared Barbet |
English (United States) | Yellow-eared Barbet |
French | Barbu à calotte bleue |
French (France) | Barbu à calotte bleue |
German | Gelbohr-Bartvogel |
Indonesian | Takur tenggeret |
Japanese | コアオミミゴシキドリ |
Norwegian | småskjeggfugl |
Polish | pstrogłów zmienny |
Russian | Желтоухий бородастик |
Serbian | Mali javanski barbet |
Slovak | barbet pestrohlavý |
Spanish | Barbudo Orejigualdo |
Spanish (Spain) | Barbudo orejigualdo |
Swedish | gulörad barbett |
Turkish | Küçük Yeşil Barbet |
Ukrainian | Бородастик мінливобарвний |
Psilopogon australis (Horsfield, 1821)
Definitions
- PSILOPOGON
- australe / australis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
16–17 cm; 26–39 g. Small, green, stout-billed barbet with blue crown and throat, black band between throat and breast. Both sexes have blue forehead and crown, yellow ear-coverts and cheeks framed by black eyestripe and moustachial line, black lores; blue throat with black band below, and yellow-gold across breast. Immature duller, head mainly green, lacking pattern and bright colours, bill and orbital skin paler. Within range, can only be confused with <em>P. armillaris</em> , but present species identified by all-blue crown (lacking orange forehead and forecrown), blue throat, black band at rear of throat and yellow mark below eye.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Java and Bali.
Habitat
Primary forest and edges in lowlands and foothills; mainly evergreen forest, but may move into regrowing and patchy forest, and visit plantations, gardens, bamboo and deciduous forest. Recorded only to c. 915 m on Bali, but to to 2000 m on Java.
Movement
Resident; generally territorial and sedentary, but some post-breeding movements occur to fruiting sources, including into habitats not used for breeding.
Diet and Foraging
Nothing known, although presumably similar to P. cyanotis and P. duvaucelii.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Several, variable “songs” , e.g. a series of double “ta-trrrt” to “tu-tuuk” notes at 96–132 per minute, at times for minutes on end, sometimes ending in pigeon-like “ooooooo”, or with single notes interspersed, or as full, single-noted song at 180 notes per minute; also so-called “police-whistle” song, a trilling but burred “ttirrr,ttirrr,-”; grating notes in encounters, irregular series of “teeow” notes, chittering or chattery notes resembling begging calls, and fast trills and series of piping notes.
Breeding
Season Feb–Oct on Java. No other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Often one of the commonest of barbets. Appears to be adaptable.