Sooty barbet

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

The sooty barbet (Caloramphus hayii) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (extinct), Thailand, and Sumatra (Indonesia). 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 2 BirdLife International (2014). "Caloramphus hayii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  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


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