Coppersmith Barbet

Megalaima haemacephale

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. Widespread east of Indus R. I) A small, brightly coloured barbel, wi thcrimson forehead and patch on tJeast, yellow patches above and below eye contrasting with blackish hind crown and sides of head, yellow throat. dark streaking on belly and flanks, and bright red legs and feet. Juvenile lacks redon forehead and breast; has prominent pale yellow patches above and below eye (surrounded by dark olive sides of head and moustachial stripe), whitish throat, olive-green breast-band, and broad olive-green streaking on belly and flanks. May climb up trunks like a woodpecker. Particularly vocal in the heat of the day. Open wooded country, groves and wooded urban gardens