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Megalaima Viridis
The white-cheeked barbet or small green barbet (''Psilopogon viridis'') is a species of Asian barbet found in southern India. It is very similar to the more widespread brown-headed barbet (or large green barbet, ''Psilopogon zeylanicus''), but this species has a distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye and is found in the forest areas of the Western Ghats, parts of the Eastern Ghats and adjoining hills. The brown-headed barbet has an orange eye-ring but the calls are very similar and the two species occur together in some of the drier forests to the east of the Western Ghats. Like all other Asian barbets, they are mainly frugivorous (although they may sometimes eat insects), and use their bills to excavate nest cavities in trees. Taxonomy ''Bucco viridis'' was the scientific name proposed by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 for a green barbet that had been described by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 based on a specimen collected in India. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, '' Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coppersmith Barbet
The coppersmith barbet (''Psilopogon haemacephalus''), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith, is an Asian barbet with crimson forehead and throat, known for its metronomic call that sounds similar to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It carves out holes inside a tree to build its nest. It is predominantly frugivorous, but has been observed eating insects, especially winged termites. Description The coppersmith barbet is green with a red head, yellow cheeks and a yellow throat. Its underparts are streaked in grey and black. During the nesting season, the wear and tear on the feathers can cause the plumage of the upper back to appear bluish. It is long and weighs . Taxonomy ''Bucco haemacephalus'' was the scientific name proposed by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 for a barbet from the Philippines. ''Bucco indicus'' was proposed by John Latham in 1790 for a streaked b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collared Scops Owl
The collared scops owl (''Otus lettia'') is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh ,the Himalayas east to south China, and Taiwan. It is partially migratory, with some birds wintering in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. This species was formerly considered to be included within what is now separated as the Indian scops owl (''Otus bakkamoena''). This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae. The collared scops owl is a common breeding bird in forests and other well-wooded areas. It nests in tree hollows, laying 3-5 eggs. The collared scops owl is a small (23–25 cm) owl, although it is the largest of the scops owls. Like other scops owls, it has small head tufts, or ''ears''. The upperparts are grey or brown, depending on the subspecies, with faint buff spotting. The underparts ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-fronted Barbet
The yellow-fronted barbet (''Psilopogon flavifrons'') is an Asian barbet, which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it inhabits subtropical and tropical moist forests, wetlands, plantations and rural gardens up to an altitude of . It has green plumage with a yellow crown and blue patches below the eyes, on the throat and the chin. It is long and weighs . It feeds on berries, fruits and occasionally insects. It nests in a tree hole, where it lays 2-3 eggs. In culture In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as ''mukalang kottoruwa'' - මූකලන් කොට්ටෝරුවා in Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also s .... Yellow-fronted barbet appears on a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp, References Psilopogon Birds of Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown-headed Barbet
The Brown-headed barbet (''Psilopogon zeylanicus'') is an Asian barbet species native to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. It is widespread, with its range stretching from the Terai in southern Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, encompassing most of peninsular India, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is an arboreal species of gardens and wooded country which eats fruit and insects. It is fairly tolerant of humans and often seen in city parks. It nests in a tree hole, laying 2-4 eggs. It forages on mangoes, ripe jackfruit, papaya, banana, figs and similar cultivated fruit trees. Its habitat includes urban and country gardens; it tends to eschew heavy forest. It nests in a suitable hole in a tree that it will often excavate. Both sexes incubate the eggs and often communicate with each other using their ''Kura, kura'' calls. The adult has a streaked brown head, neck and breast, and a yellow ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lineated Barbet
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The lineated barbet (''Psilopogon lineatus'') is an Asian barbet native to the Terai, the Brahmaputra basin to Southeast Asia. It is a frugivore and nests in holes of tree trunks. References External links * lineated barbet Birds of India Birds of Nepal Birds of Bangladesh Birds of Eastern Himalaya Birds of Southeast Asia lineated barbet lineated barbet The lineated barbet (''Psilopogon lineatus'') is an Asian barbet native to the Terai, the Brahmaputra basin to Southeast Asia. It is a frugivore A frugivore is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green-eared Barbet
The green-eared barbet (''Psilopogon faiostrictus'') is an Asian barbet. Characteristics The green-eared barbet is 24.5–27 cm in length. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail. The adult has a white-streaked brown head and breast, green ear coverts, mainly dark bill, and green-streaked yellow belly. The rest of the plumage is green. Both sexes and immature birds are similar. This species resembles lineated barbet, but is smaller, has the distinctive green ear patch, a darker bill and a dark, rather than yellow, eye-ring. Distribution and habitat The green-eared barbet is a resident breeder in southern China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It inhabits broadleaf evergreen and mixed or open woodlands at up to elevation. Behaviour and ecology It nests in a tree hole. References * External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q27074837 green-eared barbet Birds of Indochina green-eared barbet The green-eared barbet (''Psilopogon fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-fronted Barbet
The yellow-fronted barbet (''Psilopogon flavifrons'') is an Asian barbet, which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it inhabits subtropical and tropical moist forests, wetlands, plantations and rural gardens up to an altitude of . It has green plumage with a yellow crown and blue patches below the eyes, on the throat and the chin. It is long and weighs . It feeds on berries, fruits and occasionally insects. It nests in a tree hole, where it lays 2-3 eggs. In culture In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as ''mukalang kottoruwa'' - මූකලන් කොට්ටෝරුවා in Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also s .... Yellow-fronted barbet appears on a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp, References Psilopogon Birds of Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psilopogon
''Psilopogon'' is a genus of Old World barbets that used to include only a single species, the fire-tufted barbet (''P. pyrolophus''). Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the genus is nested within an evolutionary branch consisting of Asian barbets that were formerly placed in the genus ''Megalaima'' proposed by George Robert Gray in 1841. Since ''Psilopogon'' was proposed by Salomon Müller already in 1835, this name takes priority. The name ''Psilopogon'' combines the Ancient Greek ''psilos'' meaning "bare" and ''pōgōn'' meaning "beard". Taxonomy The type species of ''Psilopogon'' is the fire-tufted barbet proposed by Salomon Müller in 1835, who described a male barbet collected in Sumatra. In the 19th and 20th centuries, about 19 generic names were proposed for Asian barbet species in collections of natural history museums, including ''Megalaima'' by George Robert Gray in 1849 and ''Mezobucco'' by George Ernest Shelley in 1889. Molecular phylogenetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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