Red-crowned Barbet
Psilopogon rafflesii (Lesson, RP, 1839)
Megalaimidae — Asian Barbets
Red-crowned Barbet, Psilopogon rafflesii, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung and Borneo. It belongs to the Asian barbets in the order Piciformes. Its range also includes lowland and upland forest in the Sundaic zone, and it is recorded from plantations as well. The species is identified by a red crown, red marks below the eyes and on the side of the neck, a blue throat, broad supercilia, and a black and yellow face. Males and females are mainly green, while young birds and females are duller.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae — Asian Barbets
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung (e of s Sumatra) and Borneo
