Species profile
Malabar Barbet
Psilopogon malabaricus
Quick answer
SW India (Goa south to Kerala and w Tamil Nadu)
- Scientific name
- Psilopogon malabaricus
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Psilopogon
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Megalaimidae
- Annam Barbet (Psilopogon annamensis)
- Black-banded Barbet (Psilopogon javensis)
- Black-browed Barbet (Psilopogon oorti)
- Black-eared Barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
- Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
- Bornean Barbet (Psilopogon eximius)
- Bornean Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus)
- Brown-headed Barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus)