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The Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis) is a bird found in Taiwan. Forests and gardens in Taiwan. It eats fruit and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Taiwan barbet lives

Forests and gardens in Taiwan.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit90%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Lars Lachmann (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1034473. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Taiwan barbet

Where does the Taiwan barbet live?

The Taiwan barbet lives in Taiwan. Forests and gardens in Taiwan.

What does the Taiwan barbet eat?

fruit (about 90%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Taiwan barbet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Sulu hornbill
• Forest owlet
• Baer's pochard
• Red-vented cockatoo
• Salmon-crested cockatoo
• Black-hooded coucal

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.