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The coppersmith barbet, crimson-breasted barbet or coppersmith (''Megalaima haemacephala''), is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Like other barbets, they chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take sometimes insects, especially winged termites. ==Description== This species of barbet is found to overlap in range with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. In the Western Ghats, it partly overlaps with the Malabar barbet which is of a very similar size but having a more rapid call. The red forehead, yellow eye-ring and throat patch with streaked underside and green upperparts, it is fairly distinctive. Juveniles are duller and lack the red patches. The sexes are alike. The Sri Lankan form has more black on the face, more red on the breast and darker streaks on the underside. During the nesting season, the wear and tear on the feathers can cause the plumage of the upper back to appear bluish.〔 Within the Old World ''Megalaima'' barbets, they are found to be basal in phylogenetic analyses. Most of the remaining Asian species are more recent in their divergence and speciation. About nine subspecies are well recognized. * nominate ''haemacephala'' (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) is found in the Islands of the Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines * ''indica'' (Latham, 1790) is found in the Indian subcontinent form northeastern Pakistan and extends into Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Several former supspecies from India are synonymized into ''indica''. The remaining are island populations in Southeast Asia * ''delica'' (Parrot, 1907) Sumatra * ''rosea'' (Dumont, 1816) Java * ''homochroa'' Dziadosz & Parkes, 1984 from Tablas * ''celestinoi'' Gilliard, 1949 from Catanduanes, Biliran, Samar, Leyte * ''intermedia'' (Shelley, 1891) from Panay, Guimaras, Negros * ''cebuensis'' Dziadosz & Parkes, 1984 from Cebu * ''mindanensis'' Rand, 1948 from Mindanao 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「coppersmith barbet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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