A photo of a Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus)
Brown-headed Barbet

Brown-headed Barbet

Psilopogon zeylanicus

The Brown-headed barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) is an Asian barbet species native to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. It is widespread, with its range stretching from the Terai in southern Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, encompassing most of peninsular India, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is an arboreal species of gardens and wooded country which eats fruit and insects. It is fairly tolerant of humans and often seen in city parks. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-4 eggs. It forages on mangoes, ripe jackfruit, papaya, banana, figs and similar cultivated fruit trees. Its habitat includes urban and country gardens; it tends to eschew heavy forest. It nests in a suitable hole in a tree that it will often excavate. Both sexes incubate the eggs and often communicate with each other using their Kura, kura calls. The adult has a streaked brown head, neck and breast, and a yellow eye patch. The rest of the plumage is green. It is 27 cm long with a large head, short neck and short tail. Its call is a repetitive kutroo…kutroo…kutroo, but silent in the winter. Others take up the call when one starts.
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Gurnoor Dhillon
Monday 23 Jan 2023 - 10:32am
India
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Stephen Maycock
Thursday 12 Jan 2023 - 1:27pm
Nepal
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Hemant Kirola
Sunday 18 Dec 2022 - 7:47am
India
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Jiwateshwar Singh
Thursday 03 Nov 2022 - 9:40am
India
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