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Psilopogon haemacephalus · Family Megalaimidae
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Family Megalaimidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 601,847
- Countries and territories with records
- 22

About this species
This species has 601,847 occurrence records from 22 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (78.4%), Thailand (10.2%), the Philippines (2.7%), Cambodia (1.6%) and Sri Lanka (1.3%); together they account for 94.2% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.77% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psilopogon haemacephalus combines the genus name Psilopogon with the species epithet haemacephalus. The Warbla app catalog lists 33 species of the genus Psilopogon; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psilopogon viridis, Psilopogon nuchalis and Psilopogon zeylanicus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Megalaimidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 8.7 times the family average (69,300). The family Megalaimidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.