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Sunlight filtering through the forest in Corbett with a perched Lineated Barbet . The lineated barbet is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, along the southern foothills of the Himalayas and also in parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Like other barbets it is a frugivore. In nests inside holes bored into tree trunks. They primarily feed on fruits, but will also eat a wide range of insects, such as ants, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, locusts, beetles, moths and mantids. They also eat flowers. They nest in tree holes and hens usually lay 2 to 4 eggs, which are incubated for 13 to 15 days. This is a beautiful video of Lineated Barbet on a tree. Source: www.beautyofbirds.com This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wildernes
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