Monday, November 21, 2016

LINEATED BARBET

Subspecies hodgsoni photographed in Singapore November 2016
(see    846)              LINEATED BARBET                   Megalaima lineata

SINGAPORE               (78)

Originated from escapees. Found in secondary forests, scrubs, old plantations and occasionally parkland. 27 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, E India to S China and mainland Southeast Asia; Thai-Malay Peninsula to northern half of Peninsula Malaysia,; also introduced into Bali, Java and Singapore.



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