Barbets (Capitonidae)
Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica) - HBW 7, p. 200
French: Barbu à tête brune
German: Braunkopf-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Cabecipardo
Other common names: Green Barbet(!), Oriental/Great/Large Green Barbet
Taxonomy: Bucco Zeylanicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Sri Lanka.
Forms a superspecies with M. lineata, and in past often treated as conspecific; they are narrowly sympatric in N India and SW Nepal, but with no apparent hybridization. Possibly related also to M. viridis and M. faiostricta, but not very closely. W Himalayan birds (Kangra to Garhwal) previously recognized as race kangrae, but now considered inseparable from caniceps. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caniceps (Franklin, 1831) - SW Nepal and N India (Punjab and Uttar Pradesh S to N Maharashtra, Orissa and Bihar).
- inornata Walden, 1870 - CW & SW India (Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka).
- zeylanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - S India (Kerala, S Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird enlarging an existing nesthole. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird on a branch. Locality Bodi Mettu, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp zeylanica)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A bird looking around on a branch. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, feeding on fruits. Locality Bodi Mettu, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp zeylanica)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 47 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched, looking around and flying away. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2008 2 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
Bird carrying feed Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2003 2 years ago 15 sec 3
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A close view of a bird perched.
Locality Bodi Mettu, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp zeylanica)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
J.M. Garg 4 January 2006 2 years ago 4 -
A frontal view of a bird on a branch.
Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
J.M. Garg 1 September 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Perched on canopy.
Locality Knuckles Range, Central Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica)
Fran Trabalon 10 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
On a branch
Locality Delawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 23 January 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
J.M. Garg 1 September 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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A bird singing.
Locality Bodi Mettu, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India
(ssp zeylanica)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 4.8 -
Two singing adults Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp caniceps)
Andrew_Davis 9 February 2006 2 years ago 3.5 -
Double-noted Kut-ru repeated slowly Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
(ssp caniceps)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 1996 1 year ago 3
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