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Difference between revisions of "Brown Barbet" - BirdForum Opus

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;[[:Category:Caloramphus|Caloramphus]] fuliginosus
 
;[[:Category:Caloramphus|Caloramphus]] fuliginosus
[[Image:Brown_Barbet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|wengchun|wengchun}}<br />Taman Rimba Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, [[Malaysia]], January 2006]]
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[[Image:DSCF0087 brown barbet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''tertius'' <br />Photo by {{user|horukuru|horukuru}}<br />Sepilok, Sandakan, [[Borneo]], November 2008]]
 
'''Includes Sooty Barbet'''
 
'''Includes Sooty Barbet'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Dull brown plumage.
 
Dull brown plumage.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]] and [[Sumatra]].
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Endemic to [[Borneo]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
[[Image:DSCF0087 brown barbet.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''tertius'' <br />Photo by {{user|horukuru|horukuru}}<br />Sepilok, Sandakan, [[Borneo]], November 2008]]
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Formerly considered conspecific with [[Sooty Barbet]].
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
There are 4 subspecies, sometimes split into two species:
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There are 2 subspecies:
* Sooty Barbet (''Calorhamphus hayii'')
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*''C. f. tertius'':
:*''C. f. detersus '':
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:*Northern [[Borneo]]
::*Southern [[Burma]] and adjacent peninsular [[Thailand]] (south to Trang)
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*''C. f. fuliginosus'':
:*''C. f. hayii'':
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:*[[Borneo]] (except northern part)
::*[[Malaya|Malay Peninsula]] and [[Sumatra]]
 
* Brown Barbet (''Calorhamphus fuliginosus'')
 
:*''C. f. tertius'':
 
::*Northern [[Borneo]]
 
:*''C. f. fuliginosus'':
 
::*[[Borneo]] (except northern part)
 
  
Subspecies ''detersus'' is not recognised by all authorities and included then in ''hayii''.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland to sub-montane forest.
 
Lowland to sub-montane forest.
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They nest in colonies.
 
They nest in colonies.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V4.3}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V4.4}}#Avibase
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Brown+Barbet}}  
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{{GSearch|Caloramphus+fuliginosus}}  
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Caloramphus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Caloramphus]]

Revision as of 16:44, 30 October 2014

Caloramphus fuliginosus
Subspecies tertius
Photo by horukuru
Sepilok, Sandakan, Borneo, November 2008

Includes Sooty Barbet

Identification

Dull brown plumage.

Distribution

Endemic to Borneo.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Sooty Barbet.

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • C. f. tertius:
  • C. f. fuliginosus:

Habitat

Lowland to sub-montane forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes fruit.

Breeding

They nest in colonies.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Avibase

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