Lineated barbet

Lineated Barbet
On a Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa) 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. lineata
Binomial name
Megalaima lineata (Vieillot, 1816)

The Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, along the southern foothills of the Himalayas and also in parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Like other barbets it is a frugivore. In nests inside holes bored into tree trunks.

Gallery

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  Cleaning a nesting tree hole in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  at Nest in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  at Nest in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Eating Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Looking out of its nest in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Food for Juveniles in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Eating Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  At different perches in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.