Yellow-eared barbet

Yellow-eared barbet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Megalaimidae
Genus:	Psilopogon
Species:	P. australis
Binomial name
	Psilopogon australis; (Horsfield, 1821)

The yellow-eared barbet (Psilopogon australis) is an Asian barbet native to Java and Bali. It inhabits shrubland and forest up to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[1]

Bucco australis was the scientific name proposed by Thomas Horsfield in 1821 who described a barbet from Java with yellow cheeks and breast.[2]

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Psilopogon australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726122A94911912.
Horsfield, T. (1821). "Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from the Island of Java". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13 (1): 133–200.

External links

BirdLife International (2019). "Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis".

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[iucn-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Psilopogon australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726122A94911912.

[2] Horsfield, T. (1821). "Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from the Island of Java". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13 (1): 133–200.