Barbets (Capitonidae)
Black-browed Barbet (Megalaima oorti) - HBW 7, p. 205
French: Barbu malais
German: Schwarzbrauen-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Cejinegro
Other common names: Embroidered/Malayan/Müller’s Barbet; Hainan Barbet (faber); Taiwanese/Formosan Barbet (nuchalis)
Taxonomy: Bucco Oorti S. Müller, 1835, Sumatra.
Related to M. franklinii, with similar morphology and vocalizations, and both possibly connected also to M. faiostricta. Also probably allied to M. asiatica and M. incognita and to group that includes M. henricii, M. armillaris and M. pulcherrima, and has also been considered by some authors to be be close to M. monticola. Very well-marked races sini and faber could prove specifically distinct; nuchalis also sometimes thought possibly to be a distinct species, but tends to bridge differences between these two races a.. View all taxonomy...
Related to M. franklinii, with similar morphology and vocalizations, and both possibly connected also to M. faiostricta. Also probably allied to M. asiatica and M. incognita and to group that includes M. henricii, M. armillaris and M. pulcherrima, and has also been considered by some authors to be be close to M. monticola. Very well-marked races sini and faber could prove specifically distinct; nuchalis also sometimes thought possibly to be a distinct species, but tends to bridge differences between these two races and nominate oorti and annamensis; thus, all are considered better treated as races of present species. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nuchalis (Gould, 1863) - Taiwan.
- sini (Stresemann, 1929) - S China (Guangxi).
- faber (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan I.
- nuchalis (Gould, 1863) - Taiwan.
- sini (Stresemann, 1929) - S China (Guangxi).
- faber (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan I.
- annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - S & E Laos and S Vietnam.
- oorti (S. Müller, 1835) - Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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feeding juveniles Locality Yilan County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 22 June 2011 18 weeks ago 2 min 31 sec 4.7 -
A bird at the nest, cleaning it of pieces of wood Locality Tonlin, Taiwan (ssp nuchalis)
James Jyh Haw Ting 17 January 2007 3 years ago 49 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a bird foraging Locality Ta-hsueh-shan, Taiwan (ssp nuchalis)
James Jyh Haw Ting 31 December 2007 3 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.6 -
A bird arriving to a branch with a huge insect and flying away with it Locality Tonlin, Taiwan (ssp nuchalis)
James Jyh Haw Ting 17 January 2007 3 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird eating fruits Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp annamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 4 -
A close-up of the head of a bird Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 4
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Taken at Taipei Botanical Garden.
Locality Taiwan (ssp nuchalis)
alder 11 March 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
Juvenile.
Locality Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 7 August 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Breeding season.
Locality Taiwan
alder 8 August 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A dorsal view of an adult.
Locality Botanical Garden, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 10 June 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
A singing bird high in a tree.
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp oorti)
David Beadle 22 September 2011 8 weeks ago 3.2
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An individual singing repeteadly. Locality Dak Dam, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp annamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 14 March 2011 20 weeks ago 4.5 -
a bird singing. Locality Wushe, Nantou County, Taiwan
(ssp nuchalis)
herve jacob 20 October 2011 7 weeks ago 4 -
A young bird's call. Locality Taiwan
(ssp nuchalis)
alder 12 August 2009 2 years ago 4
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