Psilopogon franklinii
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The golden-throated barbet (Psilopogon franklinii) is an Asian barbet native to Southeast Asia, where it inhabits foremost forests between 900 and 2,700 m (3,000 and 8,900 ft) altitude. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution and stable population.
Bucco franklinii was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1842 who described a vivid green barbet with a golden throat collected in Darjeeling. It was placed in the genus Megalaima proposed by George Robert Gray in 1842 who suggested to use this name instead of Bucco. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the following golden-throated barbet zoological specimens were described:
Megalaema ramsayi proposed by Arthur Viscount Walden in 1875 was a golden-throated barbet collected in the Karen Hills. Cyanops franklinii auricularis proposed by Herbert C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss in 1919 for a barbet collected at the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam.
Cyanops franklinii minor proposed by C. Boden Kloss and Frederick Nutter Chasen in 1926 for a specimen collected in Perak, Malaysia. Cyanops franklinii trangensis proposed by Joseph Harvey Riley in 1934 for a barbet collected in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-throated Barbet sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 190th most-seen of the 298 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-throated Barbet in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-throated Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Golden-throated Barbet sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 50%), Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 20%) and Langtang National Park (Nepal, under 5%).
Same genus: Psilopogon
The closest relatives of the Golden-throated Barbet that you can see in Namdapha National Park (genus Psilopogon, Typical Asian Barbets) are Blue-throated Barbet (about 60%), Great Barbet (about 40%) and Black-eared Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-throated Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Namdapha National Park (48 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
