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Taiwan barbet
Psilopogon nuchalis · Family Megalaimidae
Psilopogon nuchalis
Family Megalaimidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 365,307
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 365,307 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Taiwan accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psilopogon nuchalis combines the genus name Psilopogon with the species epithet nuchalis. 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 zeylanicus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Megalaimidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psilopogon haemacephalus. Its record count is 5.3 times the family average (69,300). The family Megalaimidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.