Barbudo Goligualdo

Psilopogon franklinii

Cálao de tamaño mediano-grande y colores brillantes. Ambos sexos son negros con piel facial desnuda, 'bolsas' abultadas en la garganta, colas amarillentas y picos con casco. El macho tiene la garganta amarillo pálido y un pico y casco amarillo y rojo. La hembra tiene un pico y casco amarillo liso y piel azul desnuda alrededor de los ojos y en la 'bolsa'. Forrajea en parejas y pequeñas bandadas en selvas tropicales de tierras bajas. Emite ladridos roncos y extrañamente agudos.

Identificación

The golden-throated barbet is vivid green above with paler yellowish-green plumage below, deep blue wings and verditer underneath the tail. Its bill is dusky black, and it is black around the eyes. Its forehead is crimson and its throat orange. Its legs are greenish.It is 20.5–23.5 cm (8.1–9.3 in) long and weighs 50–101 g (1.8–3.6 oz).

Taxonomía

Bucco franklinii was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1842 who described a vivid green barbet with a golden throat collected in Darjeeling.It was placed in the genus Megalaima proposed by George Robert Gray in 1842 who suggested to use this name instead of Bucco. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the following golden-throated barbet zoological specimens were described:<p>Molecular phylogenetic research of barbets revealed that the birds in the genus Megalaima form a clade, which also includes the fire-tufted barbet, the only species placed in the genus Psilopogon at the time. Barbets formerly placed in this genus were therefore reclassified under the genus Psilopogon.Two golden-throated barbet subspecies are recognised as of 2014:

Nombre científico
Psilopogon franklinii
Autoridad
(Blyth, 1842)
Orden
Piciformes
Familia
Megalaimidae
Género
Psilopogon

Distribución y hábitat

The golden-throated barbet is resident in Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and mainland China. Its presence in Bangladesh is uncertain. It inhabits tropical and subtropical moist forests at elevations of 900 to 2,700 m (3,000 to 8,900 ft).

Migración
Resident species

Comportamiento

The male's territorial call is a very loud pukwowk.

Conservación

Tendencia poblacional
stable

Fotos

Distribución

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