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五色鳥(Megalaima oorti), Photo was taken just before this baby bird left its nest, in a campus in Hsinchu city, Taiwan.
The Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala), is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. Like other barbets, they chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects. (source wikipedia)
This guy came and alighted on the bough, while I was trying out a lens. It was as if he/she wanted to be photographed. Now I know the ID.
Normally found above 600m so this was an unusual found. Maybe the rainy season forces some birds to look for food outside of their normal range?
The male with a mouthful of berries awaiting approval from the female to start another round of mating session.
Every round required one berry, he had got about 3 rounds of intense pleasure before reloading.
In army terms, that's 3 rounds loaded :)
This ritual would goes on and on until the male either run out of steam, run out of berries or run away.
I'm not sure if anyone else does it with berries in the mouth :)
I don't do it for sure.....or maybe.....but not on a tree :))
@bt panjang, sg
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Coppersmith Barbet F-cking in broad daylight
All the while I was looking out for that ‘man thing’ to appear from behind the male bird but it was nowhere to be found. I was wondering how do they do it?
It goes like this…. The male does not possess a penis as most birds don’t
Instead both sexes possess a special organ known as a cloaca (part of the vent). When they get into position as seen above, their cloacas are pressed together and the sperm is transfer from the male to the female, in a fraction of a second !! This lightning fast action is called a cloacal kiss. The pair would repeat the process numerous times throughout the day for many days. I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy doing that, but for a bird it’s all about quantity and not quality
However the female will be awarded with a berry after each intense session.
When the male runs out of berries he would then quickly looks for more in preparation for the next round of excitement.
Most male birds do not have a penis with the exception of ducks and geese which possess a whopping penis length of 18 inches (that is even one inch longer than mine!!)
They need such scary length because ducks and geese do it over water. They can't simply rub cloacas as water will swallow their precious sperm.
The long length will ensure deep and fast delivery of its load inside the female reproductive organ. Ducklings guaranteed
Please bear in mind most animals do not make love for fun like we naughty humans do. They do it for the survival of their species and they are very serious about it. They are genetically programmed to carry out such task to ensure the continuation of its own kind and inadvertently providing fascination to humans, especially photographers like myself 😊
Valley School, Bangalore
The Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala), also referred to sometimes simply as coppersmith, is a barbet. Barbets are near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.
The Coppersmith Barbet is a resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, southeast Asia and Indonesia. It is an arboreal species of open wooded country which eats fruit and insects. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-4 eggs.
This is a relatively small barbet at 17 cm. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail.
The adult is mainly green above, and whitish, heavily streaked with green below. It has red forehead and breast patches and yellow patches above and below the eye and on the throat. These are separated by black. Sexes are similar, but juveniles lack the red patches.
五色鳥
該是貝葉千卷裡的哪行經句？
該是幾個蒲團坐破？
萬萬燈下密咒聲
那花和尚
磬聲木魚
叩叩
問著
許是劫前那聲想你
讓繁花五色
綻開
簇簇
纍纍結實
而你紅喙情深
啣起愛的菓子輕輕
穿梭
林間梵唱清響
（2009年8月9日）
＊花和尚，五色鳥的別名。此鳥頭與喉部，長有黃、紅、藍、黑色羽毛，身體則為翠綠色，因此稱為五色鳥。而叫聲像是和尚敲打木魚的聲音，所以又稱花和尚。另外，在台灣，五色鳥也被稱為國母鳥。
＃本詩原貼於【詩國曲沝】
（http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/yallen33/ ）
五色鳥
該是貝葉千卷裡的哪行經句？
該是幾個蒲團坐破？
萬萬燈下密咒聲
那花和尚
磬聲木魚
叩叩
問著
許是劫前那聲想你
讓繁花五色
綻開
簇簇
纍纍結實
而你紅喙情深
啣起愛的菓子輕輕
穿梭
林間梵唱清響
（2009年8月9日）
＊花和尚，五色鳥的別名。此鳥頭與喉部，長有黃、紅、藍、黑色羽毛，身體則為翠綠色，因此稱為五色鳥。而叫聲像是和尚敲打木魚的聲音，所以又稱花和尚。另外，在台灣，五色鳥也被稱為國母鳥。
＃本詩原貼於【詩國曲沝】
（http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/yallen33/ ）
feeding chick, the chick peck its parent to fetch him more food to satisfy its great appetite
@bedok, SG
13th February 2013 Thai/Myanmar Border.
Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Chiang Mai Thailand.
Tallest point 2,285 metres above sea level
Black-browed Barbet - Psilopogon oorti - Чернобровый бородастик
Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser), Pahang, Malaysia, 08/07/2015
五色鳥
該是貝葉千卷裡的哪行經句？
該是幾個蒲團坐破？
萬萬燈下密咒聲
那花和尚
磬聲木魚
叩叩
問著
許是劫前那聲想你
讓繁花五色
綻開
簇簇
纍纍結實
而你紅喙情深
啣起愛的菓子輕輕
穿梭
林間梵唱清響
（2009年8月9日）
＊花和尚，五色鳥的別名。此鳥頭與喉部，長有黃、紅、藍、黑色羽毛，身體則為翠綠色，因此稱為五色鳥。而叫聲像是和尚敲打木魚的聲音，所以又稱花和尚。另外，在台灣，五色鳥也被稱為國母鳥。
＃本詩原貼於【詩國曲沝】
（http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/yallen33/ ）
五色鳥
該是貝葉千卷裡的哪行經句？
該是幾個蒲團坐破？
萬萬燈下密咒聲
那花和尚
磬聲木魚
叩叩
問著
許是劫前那聲想你
讓繁花五色
綻開
簇簇
纍纍結實
而你紅喙情深
啣起愛的菓子輕輕
穿梭
林間梵唱清響
（2009年8月9日）
＊花和尚，五色鳥的別名。此鳥頭與喉部，長有黃、紅、藍、黑色羽毛，身體則為翠綠色，因此稱為五色鳥。而叫聲像是和尚敲打木魚的聲音，所以又稱花和尚。另外，在台灣，五色鳥也被稱為國母鳥。
＃本詩原貼於【詩國曲沝】
（http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/yallen33/ ）
Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) captured at Neelan Bhoto, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.
For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com
The Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) is an Asian barbet, seen across the PAKISTAN, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills; this species eats fruits and insects.
中名：五色鳥、花和尚
學名：Megalaima nuchalis
分類：鳥綱 Aves
鴷形目 Piciformes
鬚鴷科 Capitonidae
Canon 400D
Canon 70-200 F4L
2011.05.21@台科大校園
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