Coppersmith Barbet

Psilopogon haemacephalus (Müller, PLS, 1776)

15–17 cmLength44 gWeight

This small barbet has a green body, red forehead and yellow cheeks, with a call like a coppersmith striking metal.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Thailand, Philippines

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Green body
Red forehead and yellow cheeks
Gray-black streaks on the underparts

Voice

A loud, metallic “tuk…tuk…tuk”, like striking a copper sheet, repeated monotonously for long periods.

Where and when it's recorded

Coppersmith Barbet has been recorded at 823 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 17 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

GKVK CampusIndia10,935 records
Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia6,854 records
Fergusson College CampusIndia6,566 records

More places

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural HistoryIndia3,315 records
IIT BombayIndia3,198 records
Kerala Agricultural UniversityIndia2,997 records
Valley SchoolIndia2,925 records
Rishi Valley – School CampusIndia2,563 records
Vetal Tekdi/HillIndia2,302 records
Saul Kere / Sowl KereIndia2,271 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Thailand Philippines Singapore Cambodia Sri Lanka Malaysia Vietnam

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 coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith, is an Asian barbet with crimson forehead and throat, known for its metronomic call that sounds similar to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It carves out holes inside a tree to build its nest.

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