Malabar Barbet
Psilopogon malabaricus(Blyth, E, 1847)
English (US) Malabar Barbet
The Malabar Barbet (Psilopogon malabaricus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Megalaimidae (Asian Barbets) in the order Piciformes.
Range: southwestern India (Goa southward to Kerala and western Tamil Nadu)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psilopogon malabaricus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Malabar Barbet
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco malabaricus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1847)
- Type locality
- Malabar.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16, pt.1 p.465
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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