Sooty barbet
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.[2]
| Sooty barbet | |
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| 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 (Gray, 1831) | |
This species is split from the brown barbet (C. fuliginosus) which is an endemic species on Borneo.[3]
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Caloramphus hayii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727057A94939738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727057A94939738.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- BirdLife International (2014). "Caloramphus hayii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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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