Golden-throated Barbet

The golden-throated barbet is a vivid green Asian barbet, 20.5–23.5 cm long and weighing 50–101 g. It is paler yellowish green below, with deep blue wings and verditer under the tail, a dusky black bill, black around the eyes, a crimson forehead, an orange throat and greenish legs. It is resident in Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and mainland China (Wikipedia, general species account).

It inhabits tropical and subtropical moist forest at about 900–2,700 m. The male's territorial call is a very loud pukwowk. The cached account gives no diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Low conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats fruit and nectar, with a Moderate range of about 68,700 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).