Blue-throated Barbet

How to identify

Field marks

1. Bright red forehead and a single black band across the crown
2. Pale blue sides of the face, chin and upper neck
3. Red patch at the base of the blue area on the side of the neck
4. Green body, stout build and short tail

Male, female and young

Sexes similar, with the female slightly heavier. Juveniles are duller; red may be tinged orange, and black may be bluish-black or dull.

Voice

Groups of syllables such as “took-a-rook”, “pu-ku-ruk” and “kut-ru-uk”, repeated 90–105 times per minute.

Where and when it's recorded

Blue-throated Barbet has been recorded at 318 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Rabindra SarovarIndia2,268 records
2. Sangla and AreaNepal927 records
3. Taksin Maharat NP – headquarters vicinityThailand871 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandNepalChinaBangladeshBhutanPakistanMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) is a green Asian barbet native to the foothills of the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. It inhabits lowland and montane forests at elevations of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft), frequenting fruiting trees. Due to its green colour, it is difficult to spot but is easily located by its continual loud calls.

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