Yellow-fronted Barbet

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Yellow-fronted Barbet | status = Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Piciformes | familia = Capitonidae | genus = Megalaima | species = M. flavifrons | binomial = Megalaima flavifrons | binomial_authority = (Cuvier, 1816) }}

Yellow-fronted Barbet (Megalaima flavifrons) is a barbet which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Barbets are near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

Yellow-fronted Barbet is an arboreal species of forests and other woodland, including large gardens, which eats mainly fruit and only rarely insects. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-3 eggs.

This is a medium-sized barbet at 21 cm. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The adult Yellow-fronted Barbet has a mainly green body and wing plumage, with a scaly appearance to the breast. It has a blue face and throat, and a yellow crown and moustachial stripes.

The call is a rolling kow-kow-kow-kow.

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