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Taxonomic note

Psilopogon franklinii and P. auricularis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Megalaima and lumped as M. franklinii 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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	94,100 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

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

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be common to locally frequent (del Hoyo et al. 2002). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. 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 high 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 stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Laos	Dakchung Plateau
Laos	Dong Ampham
Laos	Phou Ahyon
Laos	Xe Sap
Vietnam	Bi Dup
Vietnam	Chu Yang Sin
Vietnam	Kon Ka Kinh
Vietnam	Kon Plong
Vietnam	Ngoc Linh

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	900 - 2700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 600 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Necklaced Barbet Psilopogon auricularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/necklaced-barbet-psilopogon-auricularis on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.