Mountain Barbet (Psilopogon monticola)
About the Mountain Barbet
The mountain barbet (Psilopogon monticola) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. They resemble female red-throated barbet - except, they have smaller bills and lack the red spot at the base of the rictal bristles ("whiskers") on each side of the upper bill. Mountain barbets primarily feed on fruits, but will also eat a wide range of insects, such as ants, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, locusts, beetles, moths and mantids. These birds nest in tree holes and hens usually lay 2 to 4 eggs, which are incubated for 13 to 15 days.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticusrecording
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicusrecording
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalusrecording
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virensrecording
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatusrecording
- White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.