Burung tropis (Tropical Birds)
Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
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.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; described as widespread and common throughout its range, with a suspected increasing trend
- Habitat
- Highly adaptable; found in tropical/subtropical moist lowland forest, dry forest, mangroves, gardens, groves, sparse woodland with dead wood for nesting, and human-modified landscapes including urban areas, rural gardens, and plantations, from sea level up to roughly 2,600 m
- Fakta menarik
- The Coppersmith Barbet gets its name from its far-carrying, metallic "tuk...tuk...tuk" call, delivered in monotonous succession and likened to the sound of a coppersmith hammering a copper sheet, with a patch of bare throat skin visibly inflating and deflating with each note.
- Sebaran
- Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Vietnam, Singapore, and islands including Java, Bali, Sumatra, and parts of the Philippines; extent of occurrence ~17.6 million km2
- Makanan
- Primarily fruit (especially banyan, peepul/ficus, and other wild figs, plus drupes and berries) and flower petals, consuming roughly 1.5-3x its body weight in fruit daily; supplements with insects taken in flight
- Ukuran
- 0,17 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,27 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,1 tahun
