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White-cheeked Barbet

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

Small Green Barbet

Native Habitat

Forests

Diet

Fruits, Insects

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White-cheeked Barbet

Psilopogon viridis

The White-cheeked Barbet is very similar to the Brown-headed Barbet, but this species is endemic to the forest areas of southern India and has distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye.

They lack the orange eye-ring of the other species which is mainly found in drier habitats although the ranges of the two species partly overlap.

Regional Names
  • Bhojpuri:
    छोटका बसन्ता
  • Kannada:
    ಸಣ್ಣ ಕುಟ್ರ
  • Malayalam:
    ചിന്നക്കുട്ടുറുവൻ
  • Marathi:
    कुर्टुक, कुकडुक्या (कोकण भाग)
  • Tamil:
    சின்னக் குக்குறுவான்
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Taxanomy

PICIFORMES
MEGALAIMIDAE
Psilopogon viridis