Brown barbet

Brown barbet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Megalaimidae
Genus: Caloramphus
Species: C. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Caloramphus fuliginosus
(Temminck, 1830)

The brown barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) is a species of bird in the Megalaimidae family. It is found in Brunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah (Malaysia). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1][2]

This species is split up in (1) this endemic species of Borneo and (2) the sooty barbet of Malaysia. Myanmar, Thailand, and Sumatra (Indonesia).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2015). "Caloramphus fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. F. Gill, M. Wright D. & Donsker (2015) - IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2)
  3. 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


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