Species factsheet

Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis)

Order: Megalaima australis
Family: Asian Barbets (Megalaimidae)

Danish name: Blåøret Skægfugl

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

cyanotis

e Nepal and ne India to s China and n Thailand

orientalis

e and se Thailand through Indochina

stuarti

s Burma, sw and s Thailand

duvaucelii

w Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Bangka

gigantorhina

Nias I. (off nw Sumatra)

tanamassae

Batu Is. (off w Sumatra)

australis

Java and Bali

Photos

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