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Megalaima haemacephala
The Coppersmith Barbet, is a bird with crimson forehead and throat, yellow eye-ring and throat patch with streaked underside and green upperparts. It is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. Juveniles are duller and lack the red patches. The sexes are alike.
Seen at Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai.
Like other barbets, they chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. Both sexes excavate the nest on the underside of a narrow horizontal branch.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2013
Submitted on Mar 5, 2013
5 Comments
Thanks Kalee!
Nice :)
Beautiful,
Thanks Gerardo :-)
Fantastic :)