Sooty barbet
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C. hayii in Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia | |
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Species: | C. hayii
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Caloramphus hayii (JE Gray, 1831)
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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
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ 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