Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966Thompson, Max C.
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Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
Thompson, Max C.
Birds -- Malaysia -- Sabah
_=Megalaima henrici brachyrhyncha=_ Neumann: Yellow-crowned
Barbet.--_Specimens_, 3: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 72.8 gm.,
August 1, 1962, MCT 2696; [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., 83.2 gm., August 2,
1962, MCT 2705; [Male] testis 6 x 5 mm., 73.7 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT
2706.
This barbet was common at the Cocoa Research Station and its call
could be heard at any time of day until dusk. Smythies (1960:324)
described this call as _took-took-took-took-trrrroook_. All birds
of this species that I watched and listened to, however, were
calling thus: _trrrroook-took-took-took-took_. The number of
_tooks_ varies, but is generally four and can be as high as seven.
This species was heard at all stations on the east coast. At
Kalabakan, one was heard calling all day long from the top of a
70-foot tree.
Comparison of my specimens with those in the U. S. National Museum
revealed that _M. h. brachyrhyncha_ was readily distinguishable
from the nominate race by measurements. The average length of bill
in my specimens was 23 mm., whereas the average length in two
specimens from Sumatra and Siam in the U. S. National Museum was 27
mm. The Bornean specimens differ also in having the blue patch on
the head larger and darker than in _M. h. henrici_. _M. h.
brachyrhyncha_ certainly seems to be a valid race on the basis of
the available specimens.
_=Megalaima chrysopogon chrysopsis=_ Goffin: Gold-whiskered
Barbet.--_Specimens_, 10: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] largest ovum
2 mm., 164.4 gm., July 21, 1962, MCT 2627; [Male] testis 6 x 3 mm.,
156.0 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2697; [Female], 177.2 gm., August 1,
1962, MCT 2701; [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., 172.6 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT
2717; ?, 182.2 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2718; [Female], 181.5 gm., MCT
2721; [Male] testis 10 x 8 mm., 148.5 gm., August 8, 1962, MCT 2741;
[Male], June 23, 1963, ADG 155; [Female], May 25, 1963, ADG 109. Tiger
Estate: [Male], November 25, 1962, MCT 3324.
Next to the Brown Barbet, this was perhaps the most common barbet
at the Cocoa Research Station and was often the only bird heard in
the heat of the day. On three occasions birds were observed
clinging to the side of a tree as a woodpecker might, pecking away
at dead wood. This species was seen both in the cocoa and primary
forest.
_=Megalaima mystacophanes mystacophanes=_ (Temminck): Gaudy
Barbet.--_Specimens_, 8: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 60.3 gm.,
July 25, 1962; [Male] testis 8 x 5 mm., 79.2 gm., August 9, 1962, MCT
2749; [Male] testis 9 x 5 mm., September 1, 1962, MCT 2845; [Female],
September 25, 1962, MCT 2950; [Female], April 30, 1963, ADG 88. 12 mi. N
Kalabakan: [Male], October 20, 1962, MCT 3103. 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Male]
testis 8 x 6 mm., December 25, 1962, MCT 3530; [Female], December 25,
1962, MCT 3537.
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