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Blue-throated Barbet

Psilopogon asiaticus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Very colourful. Mostly green with a blue throat (hence, the name) and a red crown. It has a nice call. Bill is yellowish with darkened free end. Like all barbet, there are bristles at the end of the beak.

Habitat:

Urban residential area. It was on a tree about four houses removed from mine. I shot it from my terrace on a foggy morning. Managed to take 3 or 4 shots because of the zoom. It spotted me and flew away.

Notes:

A couple of years back there was a dead tree just outside my house and a Blue-throated barbet nested in a cavity it drilled in it. Apparently soft, rotting wood is easy to drill. That tree is now gone; and with it my colourful morning companion.

Reference Links:

Blue-throated barbet - Wikipedia

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Comments (4)
SukanyaDatta
Thank you Ratlady. This bird is really colourful...nice call too. I look forward to your spottings from Kansas.
Ratlady
wow that is gorgeous I wish we had birds that colorful in Kansas
SukanyaDatta
Thank, Tukup. Years ago we used to have bamboo as rods to hang clotheslines from ..on which to dry clothes. Ants colonized the internode spaces and we used to get many types of Woodpeckers.
Tukup
Chalk another one up for "zoom." Too bad about the tree. I've resisted offers from some to remove dead trees from our yard. They attract a certain group of birds, especially woodpeckers.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Birds of the World
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Biodiversity of West Bengal, India
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INDIAN WILDLIFE
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020

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