Barbets (Capitonidae)
Green-eared Barbet (Megalaima faiostricta) - HBW 7, p. 203
French: Barbu grivelé
German: Grünohr-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Orejiverde
Other common names: Lineated Barbet(!)
Taxonomy: Bucco faiostrictus Temminck, 1831, Cochinchina.
May be related, but not very closely, to M. zeylanica and M. lineata, also to M. viridis, or possibly to M. franklinii and M. oorti. Species name sometimes spelt erroneously as faiostriata. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- praetermissa (Kloss, 1918) - N Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam and S & SE China (S of Canton).
- faiostricta (Temminck, 1831) - C & S Thailand, Cambodia and S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 6 years ago 18 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 5 years ago 36 sec 3.3 -
A bird eating a fruit and then rubbing its bill Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 5 years ago 55 sec 3.1 -
A bird stops singing and looks around alert, then singing again. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp faiostricta)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 32 sec 2.8 -
An individual singing in a tree. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp faiostricta)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 28 sec 2.7 -
A bird making a hole in the tree for it's nest. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 10 February 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 2.6
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Portrait of an adult female (no red breast spot) in a tree
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp faiostricta)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
A bird on a branche.
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 1 May 2007 2 years ago 2 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp faiostricta)
Christophe Gouraud 16 November 2009 2 years ago 1.5
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An individual singing. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp faiostricta)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 4 -
Together with Greater Flameback Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
(ssp faiostricta)
dreyernp 19 January 2010 1 year ago 4
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