Coppersmith Barbet
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON NO. 669... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...COPPERSMITH BARBET... MIXED MEDIA...8*4INCH... 2016..[ From Ref. photograph of PANCHAMI MANOO UKIL Maam]... The coppersmith barbet, crimson-breasted barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus), is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in the Indian subcontinent and parts ofSoutheast Asia. Like other barbets, they chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take sometimes insects, especially winged termites. This species of barbet is found to overlap in range with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. In the Western Ghats, it partly overlaps with the Malabar barbet which is of a very similar size but having a more rapid call. The red forehead, yellow eye-ring and throat patch with streaked underside and green upperparts, it is fairly d
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