Very interesting thought. Different species of Ficus flower and fruit in different time and season. Further, the same individual of some species of Ficus may flower and fruit more than once in an year. Yes Barbets are fond of Ficus fruits I have seen most of the Barbets (Small green, Coppersmith and Malabar) are seen in Ficus trees when they are with fruits. I have seen lots of Coppersmith barbets on *Ficus amplissima *when it had ripened fruits.
Regards, Giby On 1 February 2012 21:13, Marianne de Nazareth <mde.nazar...@gmail.com>wrote: > Does anyone know if this is the season for ficus to fruit? > > I am doing a story on Barbets and that they are frugivores > > Marianne > > -- > > Former Asst. Editor The Deccan Herald > Freelance Web & Print Journalist > Registered PhD scholar > Adjunct faculty St. Joseph's College & COMMITS > http://mariannedenazareth.blogspot.com/ > > > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
