Megalaimidae

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A family of birds comprising the Asian barbets, once considered part of the now-split family Capitonidae comprising all barbets. There are 26 species living in wooded areas from Tibet to Indonesia.

They are usually plump-looking, with large heads, and their heavy bill is fringed with bristles.

The precise nesting details of many species are not yet known. Like many members of their order, Piciformes, their nests are in holes bored into a tree, and they usually between 2 to 4 eggs, incubated for 13-15 days.

They are mainly solitary birds, eating insects and fruit.

Apart from the fire-tufted barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus (Müller)and the brown barbet Calorhamphus Fuliginosus (Temminck), all members of the family are placed in the genus Megalaima.

All three genera are found in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra; it is therefore probable that the family originated there or thereabouts.

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[edit] Psilopogon

  1. Psilopogon pyrolophus, Fire-tufted Barbet

[edit] Megalaima

  1. Megalaima virens, Great Barbet
  2. Megalaima lagrandieri, Red-vented Barbet
  3. Megalaima zeylanica, Brown-headed Barbet
  4. Megalaima lineata, Lineated Barbet
  5. Megalaima viridis, White-cheeked Barbet
  6. Megalaima faiostricta, Green-eared Barbet
  7. Megalaima corvina, Brown-throated Barbet
  8. Megalaima chrysopogon, Gold-whiskered Barbet
  9. Megalaima rafflesii, Red-crowned Barbet
  10. Megalaima mystacophanos, Red-throated Barbet
  11. Megalaima javensis, Black-banded Barbet
  12. Megalaima flavifrons, Yellow-fronted Barbet
  13. Megalaima franklinii, Golden-throated Barbet
  14. Megalaima oorti, Black-browed Barbet
  15. Megalaima asiatica, Blue-throated Barbet
  16. Megalaima monticola, Mountain Barbet
  17. Megalaima incognita, Moustached Barbet
  18. Megalaima henricii, Yellow-crowned Barbet
  19. Megalaima armillaris, Flame-fronted Barbet
  20. Megalaima pulcherrima, Golden-naped Barbet
  21. Megalaima australis, Blue-eared Barbet
  22. Megalaima eximia, Bornean Barbet
  23. Megalaima rubricapilla, Crimson-fronted Barbet
  24. Megalaima haemacephala, Coppersmith Barbet

[edit] Calorhamphus

  1. Calorhamphus fuliginosus, Brown Barbet
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