Other Names (World)
White-cheeked Barbet, Brown-headed Barbet(!), Little Green Barbet, Indian Little Green Barbet, Small Green Barbet, Indian Small Green Barbet
West-central and south-western India, from south-western Madhya Pradesh (R Narbada) south to Palni, Nilgiri Hills, Bangalore area and western Tamil Nadu.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-cheeked Barbet (Psilopogon viridis) [XC644204]
by Mandar Bhagat from Bodinayakanur, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India (call)
White-cheeked Barbet (Psilopogon viridis) [XC788185]
by Tushar Bhagwat from Tamhini Nature Nest, Mulshi Taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra, India (call)
Subspecies
Possibly related, though not very closely, to Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) and Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus), also to Green-eared Barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus), and other streaky Megalaima.