{"id":130,"date":"2020-05-18T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/?p=130"},"modified":"2020-06-07T14:58:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T14:58:28","slug":"crimson-fronted-barbet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/2020\/05\/18\/crimson-fronted-barbet\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson-fronted barbet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_xlr\">\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/crimson-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"crimson\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/crimson-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/crimson-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/crimson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/crimson.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"id_5edcfeae2d5182517863848\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">Artical no-11<br \/>\nW.D.H.R. Gunarathne<\/p>\n<p>Psilopogon rubricapillus is commonly known as, the crimson-fronted barbet and the Sri Lankan small barbet (\u0dc4\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a \u0ddc\u0da7\u0d9a\u0da7\u0ddd\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0ddc). It is an endemic species which inhabits to tropical moist lowland forests. Its\u2019 body is green in color with a blue band at lower part of the head and neck. The black crescent behind the eyes adds an extra beauty. Short neck, large head and<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0short tail gives the bird a distinct compact shape. The birds\u2019 beak is black, short and stout. Legs and feet are pink-red with pale brown nails. The green color body is a perfect camouflage. The crimson-fronted barbets\u2019 flight is short and powerful. The clattering made through the throat is inherent to the bird. It is made while closing the beak and the pressure puffs out the both sides of the face. The calls accompanied with the swaying of the head to and fro. The bird feed on fruits and insects. The Sri Lankan barbet breed during the first half of the year. The couple use their short and hard beak to make holes in a tree for their nests. At a time, they lay 2-4 white color eggs. Both parents take turns incubating eggs and feeding their young.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftProductMiniListHscroll\" class=\"fbCommerceProductMiniListHscroll\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftLegacyTagList\" class=\"pts fbPhotoLegacyTagList\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCallToActionButton\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoButtons\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftPhotoFundraiser\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftOwnerButtons\" class=\"mvm fbPhotosPhotoOwnerButtons stat_elem\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftOriginalStory\" class=\"_56lj\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftComputerVisionAnnotation\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCVAnnotation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftVideoFundraiser\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftViews\" class=\"_4p3v\"><\/div>\n<form id=\"u_3_2\" class=\"fbPhotosSnowliftFeedbackForm commentable_item collapsible_comments\" action=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajax\/ufi\/modify.php\" method=\"post\">\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftFeedback\" class=\"fbPhotosSnowliftFeedback\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artical no-11 W.D.H.R. Gunarathne Psilopogon rubricapillus is commonly known as, the crimson-fronted barbet and the Sri Lankan small barbet (\u0dc4\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a \u0ddc\u0da7\u0d9a\u0da7\u0ddd\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0ddc). It is an endemic species which inhabits to tropical moist lowland forests.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}