Barbet

Great Barbet

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Megalaima virens
Nepali Name: न्याउली Nyauli

Ghermu (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,154m. 13 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. The incessant piuuuuu…… of this bird is one of the most prevalent sounds of the spring air in Nepal.
2. Nepali folklore ascribes the melancholy sound of this bird as a call for a lost lover.

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Golden-throated Barbet

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Megalaima franklinii
Nepali Name: कुक्लुङ्ग Kuklung

Dhagai (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Lamjung, Nepal. ~1,420m. 12 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Blue-throated Barbet

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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….

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Brown-headed Barbet

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Megalaima zeylanica
Nepali Name: कुमछिर्के कुथुर्के  (Kumchirke Kuthurke)

Ghodaghodi Lake, Kailali, Nepal. 200m. 11 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.
Ghodaghodi Lake, Kailali, Nepal. 200m. 11 May, 2013. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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