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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)
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.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common (del Hoyo et al. 2002), while the population in Taiwan has been estimated at c. 10,000-100,000 breeding pairs (Brazil 2009).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/taiwan-barbet-psilopogon-nuchalis 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.