Barbets (Capitonidae)
Red-vented Barbet (Megalaima lagrandieri) - HBW 7, p. 200
French: Barbu à ventre rouge
German: Rotsteiß-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Ventrirrojo
Other common names: Lagrandieri’s Barbet
Taxonomy: Megalaima Lagrandieri J. Verreaux, 1868, Baria, Cochinchina.
Possibly connects genus with Psilopogon, and has sometimes even been placed in latter. Allied to M. virens, but not particularly closely. Races not particularly well defined. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rothschildi (Delacour, 1927) - N Laos and N Vietnam.
- lagrandieri J. Verreaux, 1868 - S Laos and S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual shaking the plumage, looking around alert and flying away. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp lagrandieri)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 27 sec 3.3 -
An individual perched in a tree with open beak. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp lagrandieri)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 22 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree seen from below, with open beak, and flying away. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp lagrandieri)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 23 sec 2.8
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Poor view: perched bird.
Locality Tanung Valley, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp lagrandieri)
Fran Trabalon 23 November 2010 1 year ago 1.7
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A bird calling repeteadly. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp lagrandieri)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 4.5
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