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White-cheeked Barbet
Psilopogon viridis · Family Megalaimidae
Psilopogon viridis
Family Megalaimidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 551,932
- Countries and territories with records
- 6
About this species
This species has 551,932 occurrence records from 6 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). India accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In India, this species accounts for 0.9% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psilopogon viridis combines the genus name Psilopogon with the species epithet viridis. 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 nuchalis and Psilopogon zeylanicus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Megalaimidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psilopogon haemacephalus. Its record count is 8 times the family average (69,300). The family Megalaimidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.