Flame-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon armillaris)

Other Names (World)
Flame-fronted Barbet, Orange-fronted Barbet(!), Blue-crowned Barbet

Family
Megalaimidae (Asian Barbets)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (53)...)

Flame-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon armillaris) [XC318196]
by Karyadi Baskoro from Cibodas, Jawa Barat, Indonesia (song)

Flame-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon armillaris) [XC618813]
by Chi-Hsuan Shao from Gunung Gede National Park, Java, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Yellow-crowned Barbet (Psilopogon henricii) and Golden-naped Barbet (Psilopogon pulcherrimus), with all three sometimes thought to be conspecific or to form a superspecies and all are apparently related also to group including Black-browed Barbet (Psilopogon oorti), Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) and Moustached Barbet (Psilopogon incognitus). Subspecies not well differentiated. Eastern Javan birds intermediate in size between those of western Java and those of Bali.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

armillaris (Temminck, 1821) - Java.
baliensis (Rensch, 1928) - Bali.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Flame-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon armillaris) - 10 files

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