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Great Barbet

Megalaima virens

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Field Notes

Description:

Head and throat - bluish-black; black bristles at the base of nostrils, on front of lore's and chin; brown upper wings and lower throat; yellow hind-collar; green on lower back; green tail; long, broad, yellowish beak with a black patch on upper part of the beak; olive green legs
sexes alike
Photo taken at Sattal, Uttrakhand, India

Habitat:

Forests; Orchards

Notes:

Info taken from: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia

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PublishedMay 3, 2021

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