Sooty barbet

Sooty barbet
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)

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]

This species is split from the brown barbet (C. fuliginosus) which is an endemic species on Borneo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Caloramphus hayii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22727057A94939738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727057A94939738.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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.
  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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