Large Green Barbet nesting in New Delhi!
WildFilmsIndia
2014-08-13
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Barbets nested in this Gul Mohor tree trunk in the middle of Hauz Khas, New Delhi, until one day, in a monsoon storm, the main trunk of the Gulmohor tree snapped in half. Fortunately, the chicks inside didn't get hurt, although they were vertically exposed to the monsoon rains from above. The parents quickly moved them out and they learned to fly and officially 'fled the coop'!
The Large Green Barbet or Brown-headed Barbet is an Asian barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They have bristles which fringe their heavy bills from which they get their names.
The Brown-headed Barbet is an inhabitant breeder in India and Sri Lanka. It is an arboreal species which eats fruit and insects. It lays two to four eggs and nests in a tree hole. It largely feeds on mangos, ripe jack, papaya, banana and similar cultivated fruit trees, hence called as furgivorous. Its territory is urban and country gardens though it tends to avoid heavy forest. It nests in a suitable hole in a tree that it will often hollow out, like a woodpecker. A pair will take it in turns to hatch the eggs and they often speak with each other using their Kura, kura calls. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail and a usually large barbet at 27 cms.
The adult has a speckled brown head, neck and breast, with a yellow eye patch. The rest of the plumage is green and bill is thick and red. Both male and female look alike.
An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right. This documentary centers around the breeding of the beautiful Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), perhaps the most beautiful bird to be found in India. Filmed in a variety of situations in the forest and at the nest, we have used a new technique of remotely-operated cameras to ensure that the birds were not disturbed at the nest. One such cigar-shaped Flycam camera was located 22 feet up in a tree, on a set of boom poles, and operated from an even greater distance. This film has some first-time and rare footage. Shot over four months in the summer months.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
Large Green Barbet of the Shivaliks
License at http://www.paya.com/videos/810190
The Large Green Barbet or Brown-headed Barbet is an Asian barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They have bristles which fringe their heavy bills from which they get their names.
The Brown-headed Barbet is an inhabitant breeder in India and Sri Lanka. It is an arboreal species which eats fruit and insects. It lays two to four eggs and nests in a tree hole. It largely feeds on mangos, ripe jack, papaya, banana and similar cultivated fruit trees, hence called as furgivorous. Its territory is urban and country gardens though it tends to avoid heavy forest. It nests in a suitable hole in a tree that it will often hollow out, like a woodpecker. A pair will take it in turns to hatch the eggs and they often speak with each other using their Kura, kura calls. It is a plump bird, with a short neck, large head and short tail and a usually large barbet at 27 cms.
The adult has a speckled brown head, neck and breast, with a yellow eye patch. The rest of the plumage is green and bill is thick and red. Both male and female look alike.
An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right. This documentary centers around the breeding of the beautiful Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), perhaps the most beautiful bird to be found in India. Filmed in a variety of situations in the forest and at the nest, we have used a new technique of remotely-operated cameras to ensure that the birds were not disturbed at the nest. One such cigar-shaped Flycam camera was located 22 feet up in a tree, on a set of boom poles, and operated from an even greater distance. This film has some first-time and rare footage. Shot over four months in the summer months.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
Large Green Barbet of the Shivaliks
License at http://www.paya.com/videos/810190
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