The brown barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1][2] It is threatened by habitat loss, and has lost approximately half of its connected habitat since 1973.[3]

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

The sooty barbet was considered conspecific.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Caloramphus fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727049A94939526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727049A94939526.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ F. Gill, M. Wright D. & Donsker (2015) - IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2)
  3. ^ Ocampo-Peñuela, Natalia; Garcia-Ulloa, John; Kornecki, Itto; Philipson, Christopher D.; Ghazoul, Jaboury (2020-05-05). "Impacts of Four Decades of Forest Loss on Vertebrate Functional Habitat on Borneo". Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2020.00053. hdl:20.500.11850/466694. ISSN 2624-893X.
  4. ^ 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