White-cheeked Barbet

By Charlie • November 25, 2007 • 2 comments

White-cheeked Barbet Megalaima viridis
Bangalore, western India. 18 November 2007

A fairly small barbet, with a typically loud and insistent call (”tocc-tocc-tocc” in this case), this is a western Indian endemic. I photographed these two birds in Lalbag Park, Bangalore where they were easy to find in any area with large trees.

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white-cheeked barbet

All photographs copyright Charlie Moores

Tags: bangalore, barbet, india

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Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

2 Responses to “White-cheeked Barbet”

SURENDRA AGNIHOTRI Apr 25th, 2009 at 1:57 pm

Hi,
I am an amateur bird photographer. I belong to vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in India. There are plenty of bird varieties in Central India. I have not seen much photographs from this region in 10000birds. have you any plans to visit this region in near future? There are three world famous tiger sanctuaries near me. Tadoba-Andhari(120 km), Karmazari (70 km)and kanha -kisli (260 km), which are incidentally very good for bird watchers too.
I am indeed impressed by the content of your website. It has also become sort of popular amongst local bird watchers’ group.
Thanks for beautiful photographs which could not have been done without pain and immense patience.
-AGNIHOTRI
charlie May 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am

Hi: Thanks for the positive comments about the blog - much appreciated! I would love to visit central India, but - sadly - no plans at the moment: I’ll let you know if make any! Cheers, Charlie.