Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus)

Family
Megalaimidae (Asian Barbets)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1830)

Habitat
Primary and secondary lowland dipterocarp, peatswamp and kerangas to hill forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (E), Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Gregarious, usually in vocal groups of 6 - 8.

Food
Fruits and insects.

Voice
A thin, sibilant, rather soft but high-pitched 'tseet tseet tseet...', each note repetaed irregularly.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) [XC424120]
by Greg Irving from Borneo Highlands Resort, Sarawak, Malaysia (song)

Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) [XC424119]
by Frank Lambert from Borneo Highlands Resort, Sarawak, Malaysia (song)

Nest
In a hole excavated in a bees' nests, arboreal termite nests, rotten trees and at the base of a large fern.

Subspecies
Relationships unclear, and species remains very poorly known. Subspecies detersus possibly inseparable from hayii.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

detersus Deignan, 1960 - Southern Myanmar (extreme southern Tenasserim) and adjacent peninsular Thailand (south to Trang).
hayii (J. E. Gray, 1831) - Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
tertius Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - Northern Borneo.
fuliginosus (Temminck, 1830) - Borneo (except north).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) - 10 files

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