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Taxonomic note

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)
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
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	88 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	406,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.19 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common in most of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2020). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation (del Hoyo et al. 2020). This species' population in Laos is considered to be of high importance globally, with trends in this country (low to negligible) similar to those found in the species' previous global assessment (Timmins et al. 2024). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, which is estimated to be declining at a slow rate (Global Forest Watch 2024).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation (del Hoyo et al. 2020).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Laos	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

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	110 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2400 m

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Annam Barbet Psilopogon annamensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/annam-barbet-psilopogon-annamensis on 04/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 04/12/2024.