Blue-eared Barbet

The blue-eared barbet is a plump barbet, 16 to 17cm long, with a short neck, a large head and a short tail. The plumage is green with crimson spots on the cheeks, and the throat and ear coverts are verditer blue, with a black band between throat and breast. The adult male has a black forehead, while the female has a duller head pattern (Wikipedia, general species account).

It inhabits shrubland and forest up to 1,600m and is a resident breeder in the hills from eastern Nepal through north-east India to southern Thailand and Indochina. It nests in tree cavities. The male's territorial call is a repeated loud 'ko-turr', and another call is a whistle known as the 'policeman whistle'. The account opened does not name Bhutan.