Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Piciformes > Megalaimidae > Psilopogon > Psilopogon faiostrictusPsilopogon faiostrictus (Green-eared Barbet)Synonyms: Megalaima faiostricta The green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. The green-eared barbet is a resident breeder in southern China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a species of broadleaf evergreen and mixed or open woodlands at up to 900 m altitude. It nests in a tree hole. The male’s territorial call is a loud took-a-prruk. Another call is a mellow pooouk. \n* Megalaima faiostricta - Khao Yai National Park, Thailand \n* |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.94816 EDGE Score: 1.93848 |
| Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [1] | 80 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [1] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [1] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [1] | 20 % |  | | Clutch Size [2] | 2 | | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 9 inches (24 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Cardamom Mountains rain forests |
Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Indochina dry forests |
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Chao Phraya lowland moist deciduous forests |
Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests |
China |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Kayah-Karen montane rain forests |
Myanmar, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Luang Prabang montane rain forests |
Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Annamites rain forests |
Laos, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Indochina subtropical forests |
China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests |
Laos, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests |
Laos, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests |
China, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests |
Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Annamites montane rain forests |
Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests |
Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Ang Tropeang Thmor |
Cambodia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Attapu Plain |
Laos |
A1, A3 |
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Chhep |
Cambodia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Dong Ampham |
Laos |
A2, A3 |
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Dong Khanthung |
Laos |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Hin Namno |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kirirom |
Cambodia |
A3 |
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Mondulkiri / Kratie Lowlands |
Cambodia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nakai Plateau |
Laos |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nakai-Nam Theun |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nam Chat / Nam Pan |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nam Xam |
Laos |
A1, A3 |
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O Skach |
Cambodia |
A1, A4i |
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Phnom Bokor |
Cambodia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Phou Louey |
Laos |
A1, A3 |
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Phou Xiang Thong |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Siphandon |
Laos |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Snoul / Keo Sema / O Reang |
Cambodia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Upper Xe Khaman |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Western Siem Pang |
Cambodia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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