Yellow-fronted Barbet
Psilopogon flavifrons
Least concern
Stand-in photo: Sarala Gamage, CC BY-SA 3.0
Look again
Heard everywhere in the hills, hard to find among the leaves. Follow the call up the trunk, then wait for it to move.
Field marks
Green body, yellow forehead and blue cheeks speckled with yellow.
Family
Megalaimidae
Group
Hornbill, barbets and woodpeckers
Habitat
Gardens and forest edges, Hill and cloud forest, Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Sinharaja
Length
About 21 cm
IUCN status
Least concern
