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Taxonomic note
Psilopogon chrysopogon (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Megalaima.

Taxonomic source(s)
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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	151 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,470,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	8.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to locally common (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brunei	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Malaysia	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Malaysia	Nakawan Range
Malaysia	Ulu Muda
Malaysia	Bintang Range
Malaysia	Pondok Tanjung Forest Reserve
Malaysia	Belum-Temenggor
Malaysia	Kledang Range
Malaysia	Central Titiwangsa Range
Malaysia	Selangor Heritage Park
Malaysia	Endau-Rompin
Malaysia	Panti forest
Malaysia	Krau Wildlife Reserve
Malaysia	Taman Negara National Park
Malaysia	Mount Kinabalu
Malaysia	Trus Madi Range
Malaysia	Danum Valley Conservation Area
Malaysia	Maliau Basin Conservation Area
Malaysia	Tawau Hills Park
Malaysia	Tabin Wildlife Reserve
Malaysia	Kabili-Sepilok
Malaysia	Bau Limestone
Malaysia	Gunung Penrissen
Malaysia	Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary
Malaysia	Danum-Linau
Malaysia	Niah National Park
Malaysia	Lambir Hills National Park
Malaysia	Mulu - Buda Protected Area
Malaysia	Kelabit Highlands
Indonesia	Sangkulirang
Thailand	Bala Sector, Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
Thailand	Bu Do - Sungai Padi
Thailand	Chaloem Pra Kiet (Pa Phru to Daeng)
Thailand	Hala Sector, Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary and Bang Lang National Park
Thailand	Kaeng Krachan
Thailand	Khao Banthad
Thailand	Khao Luang
Thailand	Khao Nor Chuchi
Thailand	Thaleban

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Altitude	250 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-			non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Psilopogon chrysopogon. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/gold-whiskered-barbet-psilopogon-chrysopogon on 05/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 05/12/2023.