Moustached Barbet

Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus was seen four times on this day but mostly at some distance high up in the canopies. It is not one of my better photos therefore and it is difficult to determine the subspecies from this photo but I suspect P. i. elbeli as described below.

Moustached Barbet is a resident breeder in the hills of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. It is a species of broad leaf evergreen forest from 600–700 m. It nests in a tree hole. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The bill is dark horn, and the body plumage is green. The adult of the form, P. i. elbeli, which occurs in northern Thailand has a red forehead, green crown with a red spot at the rear, a blue face and throat, and black eye stripe and moustache. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile has a duller, greener head and throat with a narrower moustache. The other subspecies are nominate P. i. incognitus in Myanmar and western Thailand, and P. i. eurous in southeast Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Reference: Wikipedia