Size & diagnostic markings:- 26 cm. The Red-crowned Barbet. Significant with this bird is the blue face and upper throat, prominent red patch on the fore crown and continued as a band along the entire crown then both sides of the crown - Blue. Then another small patch of red on the side at the upper breast. Just beside  this red patch on the breast there is a larger yellow patch above it and side by side.

Distribution :-  This bird is the resident for the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. It is also available in Peninsula but in small numbers and not often encountered.

Habitats & preferences:- This is a bird of the thick lowland forest, may sometimes found in low hillside forest.

This is another mid size Barbet of 27 cm that is seldom seen.

This is a Barbet of the lowland forest. According to Bird's books, it moves around with other Barbets and is a canopy bird. The pictures that I am having is from a batch taken in the Pandan Waterfalls in Kuantan. The birds, a family of 4 were gathering fruits in the middle storey. They were alone and not part of a bird wave. I spent close to 30 minutes watching them and they appeared undisturbed by my presence. Lightings under the dark canopy was not conducive for photography.

Another batch of pictures were among those taken in Bukit Tinggi. Yes, this time, the juvenile came foraging with a group of Barbets from other species. Not consistent was the fact that the forest was over 800 m high.

I wish I will see them more often to build up this write-up.