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Coppersmith Barbet's Nest

Megalaima haemacephala

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Colourful little bird with a monotonous kuk-kuk-kuk call.

Habitat:

Likes to nest in hollow branches of trees. This one is in the branch of Neolamarckia cadamba. I have a video of it pecking away furiously at the old fungus-ridden branch to make this "nest." Its opening is an exact circle as if drawn using a compass.

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Coppersmith Barbet

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