Barbets (Capitonidae)
Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis) - HBW 7, p. 208
French: Barbu à calotte bleue
German: Blauohr-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Variable
Other common names: Crimson-browed/Little Barbet; Large-billed Barbet (“robustirostris”)
Taxonomy: Bucco australis Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Closely related to M. eximia, these together comprising the so-called “Mesobucco group”. Races and “population groups” connected by intermediates; some authors suggest race orientalis possibly better lumped within cyanotis. Birds from S Myanmar and SW and peninsular Thailand often treated as race stuarti, but apparently no more than intermediate form between cyanotis and duvaucelii. Other described forms include hebereri from Bali, considered synonymous with nominate; borneonensis from Borneo and robinsoni from S Pe.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Bucco australis Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Closely related to M. eximia, these together comprising the so-called “Mesobucco group”. Races and “population groups” connected by intermediates; some authors suggest race orientalis possibly better lumped within cyanotis. Birds from S Myanmar and SW and peninsular Thailand often treated as race stuarti, but apparently no more than intermediate form between cyanotis and duvaucelii. Other described forms include hebereri from Bali, considered synonymous with nominate; borneonensis from Borneo and robinsoni from S Peninsular Malaysia, synonymized with duvaucelii; and invisa from NW Thailand, synonymized with cyanotis. Form described from Assam as “robustirostris” long considered a separate species, but apparently matched by specimen from Laos, and these probably represent immature birds of present species. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Closely related to M. eximia, these together comprising the so-called “Mesobucco group”. Races and “population groups” connected by intermediates; some authors suggest race orientalis possibly better lumped within cyanotis. Birds from S Myanmar and SW and peninsular Thailand often treated as race stuarti, but apparently no more than intermediate form between cyanotis and duvaucelii. Other described forms include hebereri from Bali, considered synonymous with nominate; borneonensis from Borneo and robinsoni from S Peninsular Malaysia, synonymized with duvaucelii; and invisa from NW Thailand, synonymized with cyanotis. Form described from Assam as “robustirostris” long considered a separate species, but apparently matched by specimen from Laos, and these probably represent immature birds of present species. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyanotis (Blyth, 1847) - SE Nepal E to E Bangladesh and NE India, S China (Yunnan), Myanmar (except N & E) and NW Thailand S to N Malay Peninsula.
- orientalis (Robinson, 1915) - E Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- duvaucelii (Lesson, 1830) - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka and Borneo.
- cyanotis (Blyth, 1847) - SE Nepal E to E Bangladesh and NE India, S China (Yunnan), Myanmar (except N & E) and NW Thailand S to N Malay Peninsula.
- orientalis (Robinson, 1915) - E Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- duvaucelii (Lesson, 1830) - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka and Borneo.
- gigantorhina (Oberholser, 1912) - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
- tanamassae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1929) - Batu Is, off W Sumatra.
- australis (Horsfield, 1821) - Java and Bali.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult male excavating a nest hole, dorsal view. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Mark Andrews 6 February 2011 50 weeks ago 23 sec 4 -
bird eating fruit in a tree Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Eldert Groenewoud 23 February 2009 2 years ago 10 sec 4 -
A bird singing, seen from below Locality Panbari Forest Reserve, Assam, India (ssp cyanotis)
Christian Boix Hinzen 19 April 2008 3 years ago 47 sec 3.6 -
An individual perched in a tree, calling repeteadly. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 23 sec 2.8 -
A bird in a tree flying away. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 10 December 2010 1 year ago 5 sec 2.4 -
A bird singing Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp cyanotis)
Josep del Hoyo 18 November 2004 6 years ago 34 sec 2.4
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A bird percing on the tree show its face and underpart
Locality Thale Ban National Park, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp duvaulcelii)
tanakorn 22 August 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
An adult perched at the top of a branch and singing.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp cyanotis)
Christophe Gouraud 21 November 2009 2 years ago 1.3
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A bird calling repeteadly. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing.
Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp duvaucelii)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Singing adult Locality Panbari Forest Reserve, Assam, India
(ssp cyanotis)
Andrew_Davis 28 February 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 25 February 2003 2 years ago 3
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