Sooty barbet

The sooty barbet (Caloramphus hayii) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra and formerly Singapore where it is extirpated. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.^[1]

Sooty barbet
in Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Megalaimidae
Genus:	Caloramphus
Species:	C. hayii
Binomial name
Caloramphus hayii (Gray, JE, 1831)

This species is split from the brown barbet (C. fuliginosus) which is an endemic species on Borneo.^[2]