MENU CARD : BLUE THROATED BARBET

1. FLOWERS VISITED BY THIS BIRD

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( a ) Bombax ceiba( SHIMUL )

( b ) Butea monosperma( PALAS )

( c ) Ceiba pentandra ( SHITE SILK COTTON )

( d ) Cassia fistula ( AMALTAS )

( e ) Erythrina variegate ( CORAL TREE )

( f ) Eucalyptus sp

( g ) Moringa oleifera ( DRUM STICK )

( h ) Spathodea campinulata ( SCARLET BELL )

( j ) Trema sp

( k ) Thunbergia mysorensis

( l ) Syzygium jambos ( ROSE APPLE )

FRUITS CONSUMED BY THE BIRD

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1. ALANGIUM CHINENSE

2. ANNONA RETICULATA

3. ANNONA SQUAMOSA

4. ANTIDESMA SP

5. APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA

6.ARALIA SP

7. ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLUS

8. ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCH

9. AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA

10. AZADIRACHTA INDICA

11. BISCHOFIA JAVANICA

12. CALLICARPA ARBOREA

13. CARICA PAPAYA

14. CINNAMOMUM TAMALA

15. COCCINIA GRANDIS

16. FICUS BEGALENSIS

17. FICUS BENJAMINA

18. FICUS HIRTA

19. FICUS GLOMARATA

20. FICUS KRISHNA

21, FICUS LUCESCENS

22. FICUS RELIGIOSA.

23.FICUS RUMPHII

24. FLACORTIA JANGOMAS

25.MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA

26 LIVISTONA DECIPIENS

27. MELIA AZEDARACH

28. MALLOTUS PHILIPPENS

29. MICHELIA CHAMPACA

30. MICHELIA BAILLONI.

31. MIMUSOPS HEXANDRA (BAKUL)

32. MICROMELA PUBESCENS

33. MURRYA  PANICULATA

34. MURUS LAVEIGATA

35. MUSA SP

36. NEOLAMARCKIA CADAMBA

37. PHYLANTHUS RETICULATUS

38. PITHECELLOBIUM DULCE

37. POTHOS SCANDENS

38. PREMNA JALPAIGURIANA

39. PSIDIUM GUAJAVA

40. SANTALUM ALBUM

41. SCEFFLERA ACTINOPHYLLA

42. SYZYGIUM CUMINII

43. THEVETIA NERIFOLIA

44. PALM SP

45. PALM SP

46. FICUS SP.

In addition it was observed that the bird feeds chicks with the following insects also.

1. PRAYING MANTIS

2. GRASS HOPPER

3. BUG.

4. COCKROCH

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