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Coppersmith Barbet
Location: Burrows Memorial Christian Hospital campus, Cachar District, Assam
Date: 21st April 2012
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Sigma 150-500mm OS lens
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 the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia.
Photographed in the wild in Keoladeo Ghana National Park in India.
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/ ）
Very heavy crop as I struggled to get a good photo of this very common endemic...I guess I need to go back, Golden-naped Barbet (Megalaima pulcherrima), Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo
The Golden-naped Barbet (Megalaima pulcherrima) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Source: Wikipedia
Coppersmith Barbet at Kanchanaphisek Park, Wat Chaloem Phar Kait, Si Mueang, Thailand, 130214. Megalaima haemacephala. Piciformes: Capitonidae.
A bird with crimson forehead and throat is commonly seen across western ghats. Shoot at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
Brown-headed Barbet
Megalaima zeylanica
Megalaima zeylanica zeylanica
Seen near Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Elevation 200m
Distribution: avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=ADA...
690V8477
@Edward Youde Aviary (尤德觀鳥園)
This is the largest barbet at 32–33 cm length and 210 g weight. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail.
The adult has a blue head, large yellow bill, brown back and breast, green-streaked yellow belly and red vent. The rest of the plumage is green. Both sexes and immature birds are similar.
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 sometimes insects, especially winged termites.
A Coppersmith Barbet ((Megalaima haemacephala) - chiseling a hole on a tree just outside the Valley School Campus. Shot with the Sony A700 and the 70-400 lens.
Blue-throated Barbet - an adult bird explores a hole in a dead tree as a possible nesting site
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 31st August 2013
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor 300mm f2.8 + 1.7x TC
育雛 Brooding
五色鳥
Megalaima nuchalis
Taiwan Barbet
花和尚
台灣擬啄木
Taiwan, Rep. of China
© copyright by Ching-Wei Chang 張慶維 維哥
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/ ）
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
Photo by S.C Chen © 2011 All rights reserved