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Great barbet

Megalaima virens

Photo by Harsha Singh
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Barbets are named so because of the bristles around their bills. There are two barbets (only one shown in the video) making calls. One stops around halfway through the video while other keeps moving its vocal chords.

Habitat:

Western Himalayas.

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Himalayan Biodiversity
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PublishedMarch 14, 2013

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