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Lineated Barbet

Psilopogon lineatus · Family Megalaimidae

Psilopogon lineatus

Family Megalaimidae

Order
Piciformes
Family
Megalaimidae
GBIF occurrence records
118,972
Countries and territories with records
13
Lineated Barbet
J.M.Garg · Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) at Nest in Narendrapur near Kolkata I IMG 7716.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
Play song · Sudipto Roy · Psilopogon_lineatus_-_Lineated_Barbet_XC125846.mp3 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sudipto Roy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 118,972 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (37.1%), Thailand (28.6%), Singapore (14.4%), Cambodia (4.9%) and Bangladesh (4%); together they account for 89% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.072% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Psilopogon lineatus combines the genus name Psilopogon with the species epithet lineatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 33 species of the genus Psilopogon; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psilopogon haemacephalus, Psilopogon viridis and Psilopogon nuchalis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Megalaimidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psilopogon haemacephalus. Its record count is 1.7 times the family average (69,300). The family Megalaimidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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