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Asian barbets

John Harshman
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taxon links [up-->]Megalaima [up-->]Caloramphus fuliginosus [up-->]Psilopogon pyrolophus Not Monophyletic[down<--]Piciformes Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Piciformes

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Asian barbets form a monophyletic group (Moyle 2004). The genus Megalaima, however, is not monophyletic because Psilopogon lies within it. The probable solution is to eliminate the monotypic genus, making it Megalaima pyrolophus.

Other Names for Asian barbets

References

Moyle, R. G. 2004. Phylogenetics of barbets (Aves: Piciformes) based on muclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 30:187-200.

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Scientific Name Psilopogon pyrolophus
Location captive
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source vuurpluimbaardvogel
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2005 Frank Wouters
Scientific Name Caloramphus fuliginosus hayii
Location Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fuliginosus hayii)
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Lip Kee Yap
Scientific Name Megalaima haemacephala
Location Phuket, Thailand
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Coppersmith Barbet - Megalaima haemacephala
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Mike Gillam
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Harshman, John. 2008. Asian barbets. Version 27 June 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Asian_barbets/125380/2008.06.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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