| Blue-throated Barbet | |
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| In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Megalaimidae |
| Genus: | Megalaima |
| Species: | M. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalaima asiatica (Latham, 1790) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cyanops davisoni |
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The Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica) is an Asian barbet, seen across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills; this species eats fruits and insects.