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Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) is a medium sized bird (28 cm), with thick yellowish bill and mostly dark brown head and breast with broad whitish streaks.
It has broad yellow orbital skin, whitish cheeks to throat, whitish streaks on upper mantle, and whitish dark streaks extending into the belly. The bird inhabits deciduous forest, scattered trees in open areas, coastal scrub, and plantations. Nest is usually excavated in a tree hole and two to four white eggs are laid.
The White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis, also known in India as the Small Green Barbet, is very similar to the Brown-headed Barbet (or Large Green Barbet Megalaima zeylanica), but this species is endemic to the forest areas of southern India and has distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye. They lack the orange eye-ring of the other species which is mainly found in drier habitats although the ranges of the two species partly overlap.
Like other barbets, they are green, sitting upright and still in a tree, making them difficult to spot. During the breeding season their calls are loud and unmistakeable. The call, a monotonous 'Kot-roo ... Kotroo...' is not easily differentiated from that of the Brown-headed Barbet.
These birds are mostly frugivorous, but will take on termites and other insects opportunistically.
This image is soon after eating the insect. As mentioned in the description above, a difficult bird to spot in the green cluster
Place: Hebbal Lake
Camera : Canon 400D
Lens : Canon 300mm +1.4X TC
Lineated Barbet - Psilopogon lineatus hodgsoni – Полосатый бородастик
Phuttamonton Park, Bangkok, Thailand, 04\30\2019
This guy appears to be a resident. I've now seen him in the same location between the palace and the art school, on Street 184. Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
Near Old Magazine House, Ganeshgudi
It is a species of barbet found in southern India. Like all other Asian barbets they are mainly frugivorous although they may sometimes eat insects and they use their bills to excavate nest cavities in trees.
Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala), at Sri Phang Nga National Park, Thailand, January 2014
Coppersmith Barbet [Megalaima haemacephala] takes a break from boring a nest into the bark.
Nikon D300, 300.0 mm, f/9.0, 1/400s, iso 200, 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6, 2013:04:13 08:14:08
Coppersmith barbet - the commonest barbet here is the blue-throated barbet followed by the lineated barbet.
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital campus, south Assam, India
Date: October 2010
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor AF 70-300mm VR lens
Coppersmith Barbet
Location: Hathikhira Tea Estate, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 3rd March 2013
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor 300mm f2.8 + 1.7x TC
Blue-eared Barbet (megalaima australis) at the nesting hole, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, July 2011
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. 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.
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
UP Diliman, Quezon City, 17 Apr 2010
EOS 40D, EF 400/5.6 L, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, manual exposure, ambient light, 190XB/393 gimbal support, cropped, 6.5 meters subject distance
Blue Throated Barbet ll Megalaima asiatica is a fairly common bird in India. The bird is attracted to a Kadamba Tree (Neolamarckia cadamba) near our #ifornature garden.
Please do visit the link below to see how it feeds on Kadamba flowers.....
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala indica)
I was at Pasir Ris Park (PRP) earlier today - for the Golden-bellied Gerygone.. after I gotten my shots I later went over to try for improvement shots of the Coppersmith Barbet - I must be one of the very last ones to shoot the barbet..
I found the Coppersmith Barbet parent(s) still there hard at work at the nesting hole - coming back to the hole every so often... and then as I observed and shot the trips to the nesting hole it turned out to be a really really totally surprising but also extremely sad event indeed... cos I saw (and shot) the parent removing their dead chick from the nest... sob sob :"(
May the little one rest in peace and be happy in bird heaven... RIP dear little one...
Coppersmith Barbet, Megalaima haemacephala, at nesting hollow in dead tree, Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.