Biology:Sooty barbet

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Short description: Species of bird

Sooty barbet
Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fuliginosus hayii).jpg
in Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Megalaimidae
Genus: Caloramphus
Species:
C. hayii
Binomial name
Caloramphus hayii
(Gray, JE, 1831)

The sooty barbet (Caloramphus hayii) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra and formerly Singapore where it is extirpated. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

This species is split from the brown barbet (C. fuliginosus) which is an endemic species on Borneo.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Caloramphus hayii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22727057A94939738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727057A94939738.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22727057/94939738. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Den Tex, R.J. & J.A. Leonarda, 2013. A molecular phylogeny of Asian barbets: Speciation and extinction in the tropics, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1):1-13. full text

Wikidata ☰ Q20644373 entry