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Taxonomic note
Psilopogon haemacephalus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Megalaima as M. haemacephala.

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
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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	46 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	17,600,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.65 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and common throughout its range (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 13.9% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). However, such habitat degradation forms new areas of suitable habitat for the species, which is common and adaptable throughout it range, and therefore the population is suspected to be increasing.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	native		yes
Bhutan	extant	native		yes
Cambodia	extant	native		yes
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native		yes
Indonesia	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Malaysia	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native		yes
Nepal	extant	native		yes
Pakistan	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native		yes
Singapore	extant	native		yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native		yes
Thailand	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2610 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2250 m

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/coppersmith-barbet-psilopogon-haemacephalus on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.