Malabar Barbet
- Scientific name
- Psilopogon malabaricus
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest deciduous
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Short
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Why it matters
The Malabar Barbet is a small, colorful bird endemic to the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats in India. With its distinctively rounded wings and short tail, this species is well-adapted to life in the dense forest canopy, where it is often identified by its repetitive, metallic call.
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