Blue-eared Barbet

The blue-eared barbet is a plump barbet 16–17cm long, with a short neck, large head and short tail. It has green plumage and crimson spots on the cheeks, with the throat and ear-coverts verditer-blue and a black band between throat and breast. It is a resident breeder in the hills from eastern Nepal through north-east India to southern Thailand and Indochina, inhabiting shrublands and forests up to 1,600m (Wikipedia, general species account).

The male's territorial call is a repeated loud 'ko-turr', and other calls include a whistle known as the 'policeman whistle'. It nests in tree cavities (Wikipedia, general species account).