Distribution

Northeastern Pakistan in the Murree Hills (25 Fox, E. A. S. (1933). Occurrence of the Blue-throated Barbet (Cyanops asiatica) at Murree. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36(3):750. Close , 26 Roberts, T. (1974). Interesting distributional records for Pakistan. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70(3):552-554. Close ), east through Kashmir, Punjab, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar, southwestern China, and North Vietnam. Across this range, it extends south to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (including Kolkata), Bangladesh (27 Bates, R. S. P. (1935). Some birds of Chittagong. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 38:158-162. Close ), northeastern India, central and eastern Myanmar (28 Stanford, J. K. (1935). Notes on the birds of the Sittang-Irrawaddy plain, lower Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 37(4):859–889. Close ), southwestern Thailand, central Laos, and North Vietnam. It occurs between 450–1,700 m in Pakistan, 150–2,000 m (rarely up to 2,450 m) in India, 250–1,550 m in Nepal, 610–2,000 m in Myanmar, 600–1,800 m in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, and 1,000–2,000 m in China (1 Short, L. L., and J. F. M. Horne (2001) Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ). In parts of its range, particularly West Bengal, Bangladesh, and Assam, it occurs in the lowlands to near sea level. After breeding, birds at higher elevations move downslope to about 150–200 m in India and Bangladesh (1 Short, L. L., and J. F. M. Horne (2001) Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ).

Apparently expanding its range in Pakistan (1 Short, L. L., and J. F. M. Horne (2001) Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ), but no other information.