Barbets
Order: Piciformes. Family: Megalaimidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in India.
- Great Barbet Megalaima virens
- Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
- Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
- White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis (E)
- Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii
- Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica
- Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis
- Malabar Barbet Megalaima malabarica (Western Ghats only, split by Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) with the Crimson-fronted Barbet Megalaima rubricapillus referring to the Sri Lankan species Rasmussen )
- Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
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