Lineated Barbet

Lineated Barbet
Lineated Barbet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Megalaimidae
Genus: Megalaima
Species: M. lineata
Binomial name
Megalaima lineata
(Vieillot, 1816)
On a Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Megalaima lineata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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