LOCAL NAMES

• Rath Muhunath Kottoruwa, රත්මූණත් කොට්ටෝරුවා, বারবেট, 巴贝特, બાર્બેટ, बारबेट, ಬಾರ್ಬೆಟ್, ബാർബെറ്റ്, பார்பெட், బార్బెట్, البربيت
• Czech barbet srílanský
• Dutch Roodkeelbaardvogel
• English Crimson-fronted Barbet
• English (United States) Crimson-fronted Barbet
• French Barbu à couronne rouge
• French (French Guiana) Barbu à couronne rouge
• German Ceylonbartvogel
• Japanese ヒノドゴシキドリ
• Norwegian flammeskjeggfugl
• Polish pstrogłów czerwonoczelny
• Russian Цейлонский бородастик
• Serbian Cejlonski barbet
• Slovak barbet červenočelý
• Spanish Barbudo de Ceilán
• Spanish (Spain) Barbudo de Ceilán
• Swedish ceylonbarbett
• Turkish Kırmızı Alınlı Barbet
• Ukrainian Бородастик малабарський

DESCRIPTION

Psilopogon rubricapillus, The crimson-fronted barbet, also called Sri Lanka barbet or Sri Lanka small Barbet. an Asian barbet endemic to Sri Lanka where it inhabits tropical moist lowland forests up to 1,300 m elevation. Small, green barbet with a red forehead, light orange markings around the eye, blue sides to the face, and unstreaked belly. Separated from Yellow-fronted Barbet by smaller size and red forehead, and from Coppersmith Barbet in lacking streaks below Its forages for fruit and insects, and nests in tree holes. their calls are like … It is featured in the 25 rupees postal stamp in Sri Lanka. Locally named Rath Muhunath Kottoruwa.