Skip to main content

Brown Headed Barbet

Megalaima zeylanica

Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

7.28516, 80.7216

Field Notes

Notes:

This innocent juvenile Barbet has accidentally flown in to one of our neighbors glass windows and got hit . It was in a shock ,when we reached there to take him down from the gutter on the window . We kept it in a safe place where other animals couldn't reach and after few hours it started to fly a bit we kept an eye on it but didn't disturbed , after like four more hours it flew away happily and perched on a Jack fruit tree near by . Last photo was taken few minutes before it flew away .

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (22)
Saumya Wanniarachchi
Thanx Jason yep they are............wondering around and making a big noises ! :) happy to have them around our home gardens !
Adarsha B S
One more visit and one more like for this cutie..Absolutely adorable :)
Saumya Wanniarachchi
Really i didn't know that , well this little cutie was not damaged much as i think because when i took it from the window , it bit me three or four times :) I think we all were lucky that it was a minor incident because usually the cats and dogs around our neighborhood are good at hunting. Barbets are a very common site at our home town .
HemaShah
Thanks for taking care of it. Concussion is a reality in birds and the symptoms are similar to humans. Looks like this bird did not become unconscious. My parakeet hit it's head on the ceiling and became unconscious. It had memory loss and was disoriented for quite some time. What a lovely bird you photographed! thanks for sharing.
HemaShah
lovely,purple scarf. how did I miss this one?
Ava T-B
Picture 3 shows an interesting thing about birds (some birds? all birds?); that their bottom eye-lid closes over their eye rather than the top one like us, or cats.
Namitha
Beautiful spotting and a wonderful story.
Adarsha B S
Wonderful story and very cute spotting yar :) Lovely :)
KarenL
Lovely story - so pleased to hear that s/he recovered!
Saumya Wanniarachchi
sintija.valucka yes it was a cutee ! Marta RubioTexeira :) Your welcome ! It is a duty of all the nature lovers i think ! :) I also felt so relieved after it flew away!!!! :)
The MnMs
Wonderful! many thanks for taking care of such a beautiful bird! I am happy to read that he/she recovered in a few hours after the accident.
Sintija Valucka
Such a cutie-pie! :)) Great that you saw it and were able to help it! :))
Saumya Wanniarachchi
Thank you JamesHart ! It was lucky that it didn't encounter any pets at that house !(specially the cats )

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Birds of the World
Mission
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
Mission
Birds Of Sri Lanka
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 5, 2013

Community Sponsor

Butterfly
Become a Community Sponsor and Help Grow our Global Movement!

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Butterflies icon
Become a Community Sponsor

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon

Nature & Conservation Organizations

Brands & Mission-Focused Companies