Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyMegalaimidae (Asian Barbets)
- GenusPsilopogon (Typical Asian Barbets)
- SpeciesPsilopogon haemacephalus (Coppersmith Barbet)
Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Yellow-fronted Barbet
Psilopogon flavifrons
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Psilopogon rubricapillus
Brown-headed Barbet
Psilopogon zeylanicus
Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback
Dinopium psarodes
Lesser Yellownape
Picus chlorolophus
Crimson-backed Flameback
Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
Brown-capped Woodpecker
Yungipicus nanus
Black-rumped Flameback
Dinopium benghalense
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Leiopicus mahrattensis
White-naped Woodpecker
Chrysocolaptes festivus
Rufous Woodpecker
Micropternus brachyurus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Coppersmith Barbet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Coppersmith Barbet sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Coppersmith Barbet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Coppersmith Barbet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.