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Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica) video
A bird enlarging an existing nesthole.
- Recorded 1 July 2007
- Added to IBC 3 years 3 days ago
- Pieter de Groot Boersma
- Location Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica).
- Duration 42 sec
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