Golden-throated Barbet (Psilopogon franklinii)

Other Names (World)
Golden-throated Barbet, Gold-throated Barbet

Family
Megalaimidae (Asian Barbets)

Size
20.50 - 23.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1842)

Habitat
Broadleaf evergreen forest. From 900 � 2,565 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud 'pukwok' uttered by male.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (73)...)

Golden-throated Barbet (Psilopogon franklinii) [XC844114]
by Lim Ying Hien from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand (song)

Golden-throated Barbet (Psilopogon franklinii) [XC770289]
by Bram Piot from Laifengshan National Forest Park, Tengchong, Yunnan, China (call)

Subspecies
Related to Black-browed Barbet (Psilopogon oorti), being quite similar in morphology and voice. They are possibly connected also to Green-eared Barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus).

Proposed subspecies tonkinensis, from northern Vietnam, now considered inseparable from nominate; trangensis from peninsular Thailand (known from only five specimens) and minor from Peninsular Malaysia, both regarded as indistinguishable from ramsayi.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

franklinii (Blyth, 1842) - India east to northern Laos and south-western China.
ramsayi (Walden, 1875) - Central and eastern Myanmar and northern and western Thailand.
trangensis (Riley, 1934) - Peninsular Thailand.
minor (Kloss & Chasen, 1926) - Mountains of Malaysia.
auricularis (Robinson and Kloss, 1919) - Highlands of southern and central Cambodia, central Laos and Vietnam. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Necklaced Barbet (Psilopogon auricularis).

References
See References.

Files:

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