Lineated barbet
| Lineated barbet | |
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| On a Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Megalaimidae |
| Genus: | Psilopogon |
| Species: | P. lineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilopogon lineatus (Vieillot, 1816) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megalaima lineata | |
The lineated barbet (Psilopogon lineatus) 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 (2012). "Psilopogon lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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