WhiteCheekedBarbet

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Summary[edit] Camera location 9° 58′ 32.4″ N, 76° 16′ 37.85″ E : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 9.975666; 76.277180. Description: English: The White-cheeked Barbet or Small Green Barbet (Megalaima viridis) is a species of barbet found in southern India. It is very similar to the more widespread Brown-headed Barbet (or Large Green Barbet) (Megalaima zeylanica) but this species has a distinctive supercilium and a broad white cheek stripe below the eye and is endemic to the forest areas of the Western Ghats and adjoining hills. (Desc from Wikipedia) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Megalaima_viridis. Date: 12 June 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Neographer.