Profile
In flight
Tropical Birds
Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
- uncommon
- 48 km/h
- Least Concern
Hidden in the leaves of a banyan, it hammers out its name in metronome notes — tuk, tuk, tuk — the sound of a coppersmith at his anvil. A jewel of city gardens.
- Population
- large and stable; abundant across range
- Habitat
- gardens, orchards, open woodland, urban groves of South and Southeast Asia
- Diet
- figs, berries, small fruit, occasional insects
- Size
- 0.17 m
- Wingspan
- 0.27 m
