Black-browed barbet
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{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image = Black-browed Barbet - Malaysia MG 6603 (16222423359).jpg
| genus = Psilopogon
| species = oorti
| authority = (S. Müller, 1836)
| synonyms = Megalaima oorti
}}
The black-browed barbet (Psilopogon oorti) is an Asian barbet native to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, where it inhabits foremost forests between {{convert|600|and|2000|m|abbr=on}} altitude. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution and stable population.
Taxonomy
Bucco oortii was the scientific name proposed by Salomon Müller in 1835 who described a barbet specimen collected in Sumatra.{{cite journal |last1=Müller |first1=S. |year=1835 |title=Aanteekeningen over de natuurlijke gesteldheid van een gedeelte der westkust en binnenlanden van Sumatra, met bijvoeging van eenige waarnemingen en beschrijvingen van verscheid dieren |journal=Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie |volume=2 |pages=315–355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XERnAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA341}}
It was placed in the genus Megalaima proposed by George Robert Gray in 1842 who suggested to use this name instead of Bucco.{{cite book |last=Gray |first=G. R. |year=1842 |title=A List of the Genera of Birds |chapter=Appendix to a List of the Genera of Birds |edition=Second |location=London |publisher=R. and J. E. Taylor |page=12 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/listofgeneraofbi00gra/page/12}}
Molecular phylogenetic research of Asian barbets revealed that Megalaima species form a clade, which also includes the fire-tufted barbet, the only species placed in the genus Psilopogon at the time. Barbets formerly placed in this genus were therefore reclassified in the genus Psilopogon.{{cite journal |last=Moyle |first=R. G. |year=2004 |title=Phylogenetics of barbets (Aves: Piciformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=187–200 |doi=10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00179-9|pmid=15022769 }}
Description
The black-browed barbet is mostly green with a yellow blue-bordered throat. It has black streaks above the eyes and red patches above its bill, lores, throat and nape. One female measured was {{convert|21.5|cm|abbr=on}} long and weighed {{convert|62|g|oz|abbr=on}}.{{cite book |last1=Short, L. L. |last2=Horne, J. F. M. |last3=Kirwan, G. M. |date=2014 |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World |volume=7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers |editor=del Hoyo, J. |editor2=Elliott, A. |editor3=Sargatal, J. |editor4=Christie, D. A. |editor5=de Juana, E. |publisher=Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International |location=Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK |chapter=Black-browed Barbet Psilopogon ortii |chapter-url=https://www.hbw.com/species/black-browed-barbet-psilopogon-oorti}}
Distribution and habitat
The black-browed barbet inhabits montane and dipterocarp forests between {{cvt|600|and|2000|m}} in western Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
Behaviour and ecology
The black-browed barbet forages on insects and fruits in the upper and middle levels of the canopy. In Sumatra, it breeds from February to November, and in Malaysia from March to June. It nests in tree holes.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Psilopogon oorti}}
{{Wikispecies|Megalaima oorti}}
- {{cite web |title=Black-browed Barbet Psilopogon oorti |author=BirdLife International |year=2019 |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-browed-barbet-psilopogon-oorti}}
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Category:Taxa named by Salomon Müller
Category:Birds described in 1836
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