Blue-throated Barbet

Nepali name: कुथुर्के (Kuthurke)

Bagheswori, Bhaktapur, Nepal. ~1,400m. 21 January 2017. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 2 February, 2014. Photo: aB.

Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica). Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1,300m. 7 April, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Notes:
1. A bird of light forest beside human habitation.
2. Like other barbets is a rather conspicuous bird because of its incessant call of took-a-rook took-a-rook….