NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Chinese Barbet
Psilopogon faber (Swinhoe, 1870)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Psilopogon faber, Tai Po Kau, Hong Kong, 2021-04-06 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Chinese barbet (Psilopogon faber) is a bird in the family Megalaimidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is endemic to southern China.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-browed barbet (Psilopogon oorti).
Wikipedia contributors, Chinese barbet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:55:37.795313+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Psilopogon faber (Swinhoe, 1870)
- Name authority
- (Swinhoe, 1870)
- Common name
- Chinese Barbet
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Megalaimidae
- Genus
- Psilopogon
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyMegalaimidae
- genusPsilopogon S. Müller, 1836
- speciesPsilopogon faber (Swinhoe, 1870)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Psilopogon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fire-tufted BarbetPsilopogon pyrolophus S. Müller, 1836 | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus (Latham, 1790) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Necklaced BarbetPsilopogon auricularis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-eared BarbetPsilopogon faiostrictus (Temminck, 1832) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-fronted BarbetPsilopogon flavifrons (Cuvier, 1816) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-throated BarbetPsilopogon franklinii (Blyth, 1842) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-crowned BarbetPsilopogon henricii (Temminck, 1831) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moustached BarbetPsilopogon incognitus (Hume, 1874) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus (Vieillot, 1816) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malabar BarbetPsilopogon malabaricus (Blyth, 1847) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiwan BarbetPsilopogon nuchalis (Gould, 1863) | MegalaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1145239 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7WP64. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.