Mountain Barbet Megalaima monticola, is the last barbet for me to complete my photo collection of all the Bornean barbets.
It is a common Bornean endemic in hill and montane forest, it has been found almost in all mountains of Borneo that collections have been made.
It looks a little like the female bird of the Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos, however, Mountain Barbet has an evidently smaller bill and the lack of red spot at the base of the rictal bristles on each side (area touching the base of upper mandible just in front of the eye).
It was usually heard but it was very difficult to get a decent photo because it was either too hard to locate or perched too high. I managed to photograph the birds at Rafflesia Centre in Tambunan, my new bird.
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