Chinese Barbet (Psilopogon faber) - BirdLife species factsheet

Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Psilopogon faber (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Megalaima. Psilopogon oorti and P. annamensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Megalaima and lumped as M. oorti following Collar (2006). P. faber and P. nuchalis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were also split (and placed in Megalaima) following Collar (2006). Prior to that, all these taxa had been lumped as M. oorti following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
Collar, N. J. 2006. A taxonomic reappraisal of the Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti. Forktail: 170-173.
Collar, N. J. 2006. A taxonomic reappraisal of the Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti. Forktail: 170-173.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	202,000
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Decreasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	8.5	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as rare (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction within its restricted range (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
China (mainland)	N	Extant	Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	900 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2400 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Species factsheet: Psilopogon faber. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/03/2021. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2021) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/03/2021.