Loading... Autoplay When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. They are mainly fruit eating but will take sometimes insects, especially winged termites. It was obviously nesting. Up next Coppersmith Barbet nesting - Duration: 2:02. This terrestial bird also inhabits trees containing dead wood which would be comfortable for excavation. Female excavates in soft or dead wood, in trunk or branch of tree. Female Coppersmith Barbet guarding her nest Both parents stayed close to the nest hole through out the afternoon while normal feeding activities only resumed in the second day after this close encounter. It was a Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) and it was about to enter a hole in a tall, slender trunk of a dead lipstick palm (Cyrtostachys renda) (left top). Coppersmith Barbet chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest, like other Barbets. It was such joy and pleasure to observe this small but lovely birds. Coppersmith Barbet nests in holes. Coppersmith barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) builds their nest on the holes of a tree. The nest is a hole, dug with the beak, high up in a rotting tree or in a termite nest.
Coppersmith Barbet prefers various habitats like gardens where they could find variety of fruits, sparse woodland and groves. Barbets call loudly, jerking the head or tail; a male and a female may call alternately or together.
This species of barbet is found to overlap in range with several larger barbets in most of South Asia. She prepares the hole in September-October, but breeding season starts only in February-March. The female mainly excavates the hole on a soft or dead portion of a tree, and later both male and female use to modify/clear the nest. They use the cavities to built nest and to roost. He kept close watch for the next four weeks, documenting the nesting with his digital and video cameras – … Coppersmith Barbet making a nest. Shirishkumar Patil 3,197 views. 3:03. They also use the nest for roosting. Both sexes may modify and clear the nest cavity during this period. Digging of Nest by Coppersmith barbet, Crimson-breasted barbet or (Megalaima haemacephala) - Duration: 3:03. Some species, such as the coppersmith ( Megalaima haemacephala ) of Asia and the African tinkerbirds of the genus Pogoniulus, are noted for their ringing calls.