{"id":11603,"date":"2010-07-17T00:03:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besgroup.talfrynature.com\/?p=11603"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:32:48","slug":"observations-on-feeding-behaviour-of-lineated-barbet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/07\/17\/observations-on-feeding-behaviour-of-lineated-barbet\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations on feeding behaviour of Lineated Barbet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI would like to use this post to make a suggestion based on a number of observations about the feeding behaviour of the Lineated Barbet (<em>Megalaima lineata hodgsoni<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, the Lineated Barbet is known to take small birds as prey &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2008\/05\/11\/gold-whiskered-barbet-eating-a-flowerpecker\/\">flowerpecker <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2008\/05\/08\/gold-whiskered-barbet-preying-on-eurasian-tree-sparrow\/\">Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/a>. Whether this is for self or for chicks we are uncertain (possibly for juveniles).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have also recently seen the Crested Goshawk (<em>Accipiter trivirgatus peninsulae<\/em>) furiously chasing a Lineated Barbet with the barbet yelping in terror. See <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/02\/11\/crested-goshawk-chasing-lineated-barbet\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100717-BarbetL.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100717-BarbetL.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"100717 BarbetL\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100717-BarbetL.jpg 290w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100717-BarbetL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100717-BarbetL-266x266.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week my wife and I saw a raptor nest while out cycling early. We both thought we saw a juvenile in the nest. I went back later to have a look and found a Lineated Barbet feeding in the nest (left). I was too far to identify what was taken. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy suggestion: When I saw the Crested Goshawk chasing a Lineated Barbet I assumed it was for a meal for juveniles or self. But could it be that the Lineated Barbet has a habit of robbing nest for chicks and the Crested Goshawk was acting out of anger to chase away a predator from its nesting site?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppreciate views from readers\u2019 observations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/03\/11\/dato%E2%80%99-dr-amar-singh-hss-%E2%80%93-birdwatcher-extraordinarie\/\">Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIpoh City, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\n18th April 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI would like to use this post to make a suggestion based on a number of observations about the feeding behaviour of the Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata hodgsoni). \u201cFirstly, the Lineated Barbet is known to take small birds as prey &#8211; flowerpecker and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Whether this is for self or for chicks we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":16394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}