Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedFruit

ForestCavity nestSmall · 43 g

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 1 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 2 — Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 3 — Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 4 — Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 5 — Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 6 — Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 7 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 8 — Photo: Cheongweei Gan · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 9 — Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), photo 10 — Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0

When to see the Sooty Barbet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sooty Barbet

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Malaysia Thailand Indonesia

About the Sooty Barbet

The sooty barbet is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra and formerly Singapore where it is extirpated. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Brown BarbetCaloramphus fuliginosusThe brown barbet is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae.

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