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Brown-headed Barbet
Latin Name:
Megalaima zeylanica
Category:
Size:
28cm
Description:
Sexes alike. Grass-green plumage; brownish head, neck and upper back, streaked white; bare orange patch around eye. The White-cheeked Barbet M. viridis (23cm) of S India, has a white cheek-stripe. Solitary or in pairs; occasionally small parties; strictly arboreal; keeps to fruiting trees, often with other frugivorous birds; difficult to spot in the canopy; noisy in hot season; strong, undulating flight.
Habitat:
forests, groves; also city gardens.
Food:
chiefly fruits; also flower nectar, petals, insects and small lizards.
Distribution:
most of India south of the Himalayan foothills (Himachal Pradesh to Nepal).
Call:
Call Description:
noisy; its kutroo…kutroo or pukrook… pukrook calls one of the most familiar sounds of the Indian forests; calls often begin with a guttural kurrrr.
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