Blue Throated Barbet

This beautiful bird was calling continuously and hopping from one tree to another in the hot sun. This we spotted at our village home at Ruppur in Nadia district, West Bengal.

These barbet birds eat fruits and insects.

Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta, Kolkata

For more details:

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/blue-throated_barbet.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-throated_Barbet