Fire-tufted barbet

Fire-tufted barbet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Megalaimidae
Genus:	Psilopogon
Species:	P. pyrolophus
Binomial name
	Psilopogon pyrolophus; S. Müller, 1836

The fire-tufted barbet (Psilopogon pyrolophus) is a species of

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.^[1]

Its

scientific name was proposed by Salomon Müller in 1836, who described a barbet from Sumatra.^[2]

Description

The fire-tufted barbet is green with a brownish-maroon nape, grey lores, and a white band on the forehead. Its throat is green, followed by a bright yellow band before a black band, appearing like a necklace. The bill is fawn coloured with a black vertical band. It has tufts of feathers at the base of beak. The upper tufts of males are fiery orange. The adult fire-tufted barbet is 28 cm (11 in) long.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

Fire-tufted barbet at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, August 1994

The fire-tufted barbet inhabits

broad-leaved evergreen montane forests between 1,070 and 2,010 m (3,510 and 6,590 ft) on the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.^[3]

Three fire-tufted barbets observed on Mount Gede in West Java between 2003 and 2005 are thought to have escaped from aviaries in this area.^[4]

Behaviour and ecology

The fire-tufted barbet is a resident bird and feeds on figs, other fruits, arthropods and insects. Its call is very similar to that of cicadas.^[5]

Threats

The fire-tufted barbet is primarily threatened by illegal capture and trade as a pet.^[6]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681588A92912144.en
. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ Müller, S. (1835). "Aanteekeningen over de natuurlijke gesteldheid van een gedeelte der westkust en binnenlanden van Sumatra, met bijvoeging van eenige waarnemingen en beschrijvingen van verscheid dieren". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 2: 315–355.
^ ^a ^b Robson, C. (2000). A guide to the birds of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
^ Van Balen, B. & Noske, R. (2006). "Around the Archipelago". Kukila. 13: 83–88.
^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Kirwan, G. M. (2014). "Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
^ Shepherd, C. (2006). "The bird trade in Medan, north Sumatra: an overview". Birding Asia. 5: 16–24.

External links

BirdLife International (2019). "Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus".

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[iucn-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681588A92912144.en
. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] Müller, S. (1835). "Aanteekeningen over de natuurlijke gesteldheid van een gedeelte der westkust en binnenlanden van Sumatra, met bijvoeging van eenige waarnemingen en beschrijvingen van verscheid dieren". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 2: 315–355.

[robson-3] Robson, C. (2000). A guide to the birds of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

[4] Van Balen, B. & Noske, R. (2006). "Around the Archipelago". Kukila. 13: 83–88.

[HBW2014-5] Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Kirwan, G. M. (2014). "Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

[shepard-6] Shepherd, C. (2006). "The bird trade in Medan, north Sumatra: an overview". Birding Asia. 5: 16–24.

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