The Golden-throated Barbet has a green body, golden throat, and red forehead. It feeds on fruit, including figs, in mountain forests.
Its body is green, its throat yellow to golden, and its forehead red. A black eye stripe and a stout bill with bristles are also identifying features.
It lives in moist montane forest and often eats fruit such as figs. It also takes insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
A survey at Tuensang market in Nagaland, northeastern India, recorded 78 Golden-throated Barbets between May 2009 and April 2010.