[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations with a distribution area of 3,180,000 km2 (1,230,000 sq mi).

[3] The red-crowned barbet is a medium-large tropical bird, 24.5–27 cm (9.6–10.6 in) long and 99–150 g (3.5–5.3 oz) in weight.

The barbet wears a blue throat and broad supercilia accompanied by a black and yellow face.

Due to deforestation in Singapore, the red-crowned barbet is restricted to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

The red-crowned barbet's beak shape is also excellent for foraging for grubs, termites, mantis, moths, katydids and ants.

Essentially, it steal prey or forage in the same area for a chance at undiscovered food lurking in the dead wood.

[2] In Singapore, the green coffee tree (Canthium glabrum) is classified as endangered because of the foraging from the red-crowned barbet.

[9] The female lays an average of three glossy white, elongated with an oval shaped end eggs.

They would pass food directly to the chicks and take the fecal sacs out of the nest, keeping it clean.

Once the younglings reach adolescence, based on the dull colorations on their forehead, the male and female would feed them from the entrance of the nest.