Coppersmith Barbet
Another new species, this time from the Barbet family. This colourful Asian Barbet with crimson forehead and throat is also called Crimson-breasted Barbet. The Coppersmith Barbet is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia that carves out holes inside trees to build its nest. It inhabits gardens, groves and sparse woodland with dead wood suitable for excavation of nests. Its range overlaps with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. Diet consists of banyan, peepul, and other wild figs, various drupes and berries, and the occasional insect, caught in aerial sallies. It eats nearly 1.5 to 3 times its own body weight in berries each day.
Coppersmith Barbet
Another new species, this time from the Barbet family. This colourful Asian Barbet with crimson forehead and throat is also called Crimson-breasted Barbet. The Coppersmith Barbet is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia that carves out holes inside trees to build its nest. It inhabits gardens, groves and sparse woodland with dead wood suitable for excavation of nests. Its range overlaps with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. Diet consists of banyan, peepul, and other wild figs, various drupes and berries, and the occasional insect, caught in aerial sallies. It eats nearly 1.5 to 3 times its own body weight in berries each day.