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The brown-headed barbet (Psilopogon zeylanicus) belongs to the family Megalaimidae under the order Piciformes.

Brown-headed barbet taxonomy

The family Megalaimidae includes two subfamilies, viz., Megalaiminae and Caloramphinae. The subfamily Caloramphinae has only one genus (Caloramphus) and two species (Caloramphus fuliginosus and Caloramphus hayii) classified under it.

The subfamily Megalaiminae is again monotypic and genus Psilopogon included under it. The genus Psilopogon includes 32 species.

Earlier, the genus Psilopogon used to include a single species, Psilopogon pyrolophus. Molecular phylogenetic studies found that the Psilopogon Sp. has very close similarities with species placed in the genus Megalaima. Hence, the genera Psilopogon and Megalaima required to be clubbed.

Since Psilopogon was described by Muller in 1835-36, well before the genus Megalaima was erected by G. R. Gray (in 1841), it takes priority and all the Megalaima Spp. were brought under genus Psilopogon.

Taxonomic classification
Binomial name:	Psilopogon zeylanicus
Species:	P. zeylanicus
Genus:	Psilopogon
Subfamily:	-
Family:	Megalaimidae
Order:	Piciformes
Class:	Aves
Phylum:	Chordata
Kingdom:	Animalia

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1.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photo by Yagnesh Desai

2.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photo by Anton Croos

3.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photo by J.M.Garg

4.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photo by Manish Kumar

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5.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe

6.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
by Raman Kumar

7.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
by Raman Kumar

8.Brown-headed barbet - Psilopogon zeylanicus
by Manpreet Singh

9.Psilopogon zeylanicus by Siva301in

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1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_headed_barbet.jpg (cropped)
Author: Yagnesh Desai | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Anton Croos | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
3.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Manish Kumar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Raman Kumar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Raman Kumar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Manpreet Singh | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Siva301in | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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