Wildlifeof Thailand
Sooty Barbet
Megalaimidae
Photo: Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Caloramphus hayii
Basic stats
Diet
Fruit and insects
Habitat
Lowland forest
Range
Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
The sooty barbet is a brownish, heavy-billed canopy bird of Malay and Sumatran lowland forest, feeding on fruit and insects (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Near Threatened (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Sooty Barbet eat?
- Fruit and insects
- What habitat does the Sooty Barbet live in?
- Lowland forest
- Where is the Sooty Barbet found?
- Malay Peninsula and Sumatra