Yellow-fronted Barbet
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| Yellow-fronted Barbet Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | ||||||||||||||
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| Megalaima flavifrons (Cuvier, 1816) |
Yellow-fronted Barbet (Megalaima flavifrons) is a barbet which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Barbets are near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.
Yellow-fronted Barbet is an arboreal species of forests and other woodland, including large gardens, which eats mainly fruit and only rarely insects. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-3 eggs.
This is a medium-sized barbet at 21 cm. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The adult Yellow-fronted Barbet has a mainly green body and wing plumage, with a scaly appearance to the breast. It has a blue face and throat, and a yellow crown and moustachial stripes.
The call is a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.
Reference
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6