Barbets (Capitonidae)
Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) - HBW 7, p. 200
French: Barbu rayé
German: Streifenbartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Listado
Other common names: Green Barbet(!), Grey-headed Barbet
Taxonomy: Capito lineatus Vieillot, 1816, Australasia; error = Java.
Forms a superspecies with M. zeylanica, and often treated as conspecific in past, but no apparent hybridization in the narrow area of sympatry in N India and SW Nepal. Possibly related also to M. viridis and M. faiostricta, but not very closely. Race hodgsoni tends towards nominate race in Peninsular Malaysia; other forms described include rana (Kumaon to WCNepal), kutru (Orissa) and intermedia (Myanmar to Indochina), but all now included within hodgsoni. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hodgsoni (Bonaparte, 1850) - NW India and Nepal E to SC China (W Yunnan), S to Orissa, Bangladesh, Manipur, S Myanmar, SC Vietnam and N Peninsular Malaysia.
- lineata (Vieillot, 1816) - Java and Bali.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, calling. Locality Angkor temples, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia (ssp hodgsoni)
Josep del Hoyo 1 March 2011 38 weeks ago 46 sec 3.4 -
A bird moving through a tree, and foraging. Locality Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp hodgsoni)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 2 years ago 17 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched in a tree, preening and looking around. Locality Angkor temples, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia (ssp hodgsoni)
Josep del Hoyo 1 March 2011 38 weeks ago 27 sec 2.8 -
A bird perched in a tree, looking around. Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 25 November 2010 1 year ago 10 sec 2.7 -
Adult viewed from below Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp hodgsoni)
Greg Baker 28 February 2009 1 year ago 9 sec 2 -
A dorsal view of a bird looking back Locality Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India (ssp hodgsoni)
Guus van Duin 3 January 2006 4 years ago 23 sec 1.9
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A bird cleaning a nesting tree hole.
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
J.M. Garg 1 July 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on a branch...
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 12 January 2012 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5 -
A bird eating Goolar fig (Ficus racemosa).
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
J.M. Garg 20 November 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
A front view.
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
J.M. Garg 20 November 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird getting a drink of water.
Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Ken Havard 14 February 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
J.M. Garg 20 November 2005 2 years ago 3
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An individual calling repeatedly. Locality Angkor temples, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
(ssp hodgsoni)
Josep del Hoyo 1 March 2011 38 weeks ago 4 -
Singing adult Locality Panbari Forest Reserve, Assam, India
(ssp hodgsoni)
Andrew_Davis 28 February 2006 2 years ago 3.5 -
An individual singing. Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp hodgsoni)
Josep del Hoyo 7 March 2011 37 weeks ago 3
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