Malabar Barbet

Psilopogon malabaricus

The Malabar barbet is an Asian barbet native to the Western Ghats in India. It was formerly treated as a race of the crimson-fronted barbet. It overlaps in some places with the range of the coppersmith barbet and has a similar but more rapid call.

Scientific name

Psilopogon malabaricus

Family

Asian Barbets

IUCN status

LC