White Cheeked Barbet

Common Names – Chhota basanta (Hindi), कुर्टुक (Marathi)
                                  White-cheeked Barbet (English)

Scientific Name – Psilopogon viridis

Distribution:

• Western Ghats, hills of southern Eastern Ghats and surrounding foothill forests
  
  

Habitat:

• Moist semievergreen and evergreen forests 
  
  

Food: 

• Feeds on fruits, nectar, and insects
  
  

Facts :

• Ecological engineer, seed dispersal agent, help regenerate forests

• Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972