Clicked in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. The Malabar Barbet (megalaima malabarica) is a small barbet found in the Western Ghats of India. It was formerly treated as a race of the Crimson-fronted Barbet. This species can be told apart from the Coppersmith Barbet by the crimson face and throat. My very first shots of this not so common bird.
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