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Showing posts with label Barbet. Show all posts
Lineated Barbet
Bengali: দাগী বসন্তবৌরি, গোরখুদ, বেঘবৌ
Scientific Name: Psilopogon lineatus
IUCN: Least Concern
Descriptions: Luminous green barbet. Similar to Brown-headed Barbet and White-cheeked Barbet but bold white streaking on head and breast, large bare yellow eye patch, whitish chin and throat. Uniform unspotted wing coverts.
Food: They primarily feed on fruits, but will also eat a wide range of insects, such as ants, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, locusts, beetles, moths and mantids.
Habitation: Moist broadleaved forest, open woodland and roadside avenues with fruiting trees.
Distribution: Distributed in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, southeast Asia and China.
Coppersmith Barbet
Bengali: বসন্ত বৌরি
Scientific Name: Megalaima Haemacephala
IUCN: Least Concern
Descriptions: Most widespread and common barbet. It has green with red head, yellow cheeks and yellow throat, grey and black streaked underparts.
Food: Banyan, peepul and other wild figs, various berries and occasionally insects
Habitation: It inhabits in gardens, groves and spares woodland. Most important is dead wood which is suitable for excavation of nests.
Habitation: is common in deciduous forests and open woodlands, countries with thickets, urban parks and gardens with fruiting trees. It is also found in mangroves' edges.
Distribution: Its ranges Indian-Subcontinent and South-East Asia.
Blue-Throated Barbet
Bengali: নীলগলা বসন্তবৌরি, বড় বসন্ত বাউরি, বড় বসন্ত বাওড়ী বা ধনিয়া পাখি
Scientific Name: Psilopogon Asiaticus
IUCN: Least Concern
Descriptions: It is an Asian Barbet with aqua blue face and throat with distinct red crown extending up-to the nape and yellow patches on the crown. Overall Green.
Food: Fruits and insects.
Habitation: Its natural habitat is in evergreen forest, deciduous forests, gardens, cities with fruiting trees.
Distribution: Its range includes the Himalayan foothills in Northeast and Eastern India and well wooded areas.
Great Barbet
Bengali: Unknown
Scientific Name: Megalaima Virens
IUCN: Least Concern
Descriptions: A brightly colored barbet with a massive yellow bill with bristles at its base. Maroon-brown with violet blue-black head. Olive-brown, blue and yellow with a bright scarlet patch under the tail.
Food: Mainly takes wild fruits. Figs, berries, wild plums, flowers, buds and seeds are their primary food but occasionally they also eat a wide range of insects.
Habitat: The great barbet is a resident breeder in the lower-to-middle altitudes of the Himalayas, ranging across northern India, Nepal and Bhutan, Bangladesh and some parts of Southeast Asia where it inhabits foremost forests up to 3,000 m altitude.
Distribution: Native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia.
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