The Green-eared Barbet has green upperparts and paler underparts. In the source's male description, brown streaks mark the crown and nape, with green ear coverts. Its main food is fruit.
The male has green upperparts, lighter green underparts, brown streaks on the crown and nape, and green ear coverts.
Its main diet consists of fruit such as figs and berries. The source mentions insect feeding only as a possibility.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.