MEGALAIMIDAE
BLUE-EARED BARBET



Location : Bukit Tinggi, Pahang
Date : 18 May 2019

17–18 cm Male cyanotis: Small; black forehead, orange-red cheekpatch, red above and below blue ear-coverts, blue throat with narrow black border.Female: Duller head pattern.Juvenile: Very uniform; blue-tinged ear-coverts/throat.Male duvaucelii (Pen Malaysia): Black ear-coverts with larger red patches above/below; red cheek-patch, broad black band on upper breast. Other subspecies M.a.stuarti (Tenasserim, W,S Thailand). VOICE Monotonous, rapidly repeated ko-tek. Shrill whistled pleow notes (c.1 per s). HABITAT Broadleaved forests; up to 1,525 m (below 975 m in Pen Malaysia). RANGE Co R (except C Thailand); formerly Singapore.