Blue-throated barbet

Blue-throated barbet
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In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Megalaimidae
Genus:	Megalaima
Species:	M. asiatica
Binomial name
Megalaima asiatica (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms
Cyanops davisoni

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In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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M. a. davisoni (top), illustration by Joseph Smit, 1891

The blue-throated barbet (Megalaima asiatica) is an Asian barbet having bright green, blue & red plumage, seen across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills; this species eats fruits and insects. They frequent evergreen forests, deciduous forests, gardens, orchards, teak forests and cities with fruiting trees.

Gallery

• Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) on Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) in Kolkata W IMG 4293.jpg

  in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica)- Preening at Kolkata I IMG 2360.jpg

  Preening in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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  in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Blue throated Barbet- Preening.jpg

  Preening in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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  in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Blue throated Barbet- carrying food.jpg

  Carrying food for Juveniles in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Blue throated Barbet (Immature) I IMG 0727.jpg

  Immature in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.