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Brown-headed Barbet
Psilopogon zeylanicus · Family Megalaimidae
Psilopogon zeylanicus
Family Megalaimidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 221,670
- Countries and territories with records
- 13
About this species
This species has 221,670 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (80.6%) and Sri Lanka (19%); together they account for 99.6% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.29% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psilopogon zeylanicus combines the genus name Psilopogon with the species epithet zeylanicus. 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 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psilopogon haemacephalus. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (69,300). The family Megalaimidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.