Blue-throated barbet
Blue-throated barbet | |
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In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. | |
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Species: | P. asiaticus
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Psilopogon asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
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Cyanops davisoni |
The blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) 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 worldwide 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. The turquoise-throated barbet was formerly considered a subspecies.
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