LINEATED BARBET

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

(*  846)               LINEATED BARBET                    Megalaima lineata

NEPAL            

Found in open deciduous forests, well-wooded areas and roadside avenues with fruiting trees. 28 cm. Widespread and locally common resident.

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.

LINEATED BARBET

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(846)              LINEATED BARBET                   Megalaima lineata

INDONESIA (Bali)         (63)        

Avoids wet rainforests, preferring open monsoon forest, with scrub and long grass between trees, often just behind the coast. 29 cms. Range: Oriental region: In Indonesia occurs only on Java and Bali, where it is locally a fairly common resident.