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Megalima haemacephala

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It is a heavy billed grass-green barbet with crimson breast and forehead. It has yellow throat and green streaked yellowish underparts. Its tail is short truncated, distinctly triangular in flight silhouette. Both the sexes are alike. It can be seen singly or in loose parties on banyan trees. It is arboreal .It can be found wherever there are fruiting trees, especially the various species wild fig. Its nesting season is from January to June. Its nest is a hole excavated in a snag of a dead softwood branch such as of the Coral or drumstick trees at moderate heights. Its eggs are glossless white in colour.

Where to look for in IIT?

Look on the mast trees near the SAC to see the maximum number!.


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