The mountain barbet (''Psilopogon monticola'') is a species of bird in the family

Megalaimidae The Asian barbets are a family of bird species, the Megalaimidae, comprising two genera with 35 species native to the forests of the Indomalayan realm from Tibet to Indonesia. They were once clubbed with all barbets in the family Capitonidae bu ...

. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. They resemble female red-throated barbet - except, they have smaller bills and lack the red spot at the base of the rictal bristles ("whiskers") on each side of the upper bill.

Behaviour and ecology

Mountain barbets primarily feed on fruits, but will also eat a wide range of insects, such as ants, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, locusts, beetles, moths and mantids. These birds nest in tree holes and hens usually lay 2 to 4 eggs, which are incubated for 13 to 15 days.

References

Psilopogon Endemic birds of Borneo Birds described in 1889 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Piciformes-stub