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Megalaimidae, the Asian barbets, are a family of birds, once clubbed with all barbets in the family Capitonidae, but the Old World species have been found to be distinctive and are considered, along with the Lybiidae and Ramphastidae, as sister groups.

Psilopogon
Caloramphus
Megalaima
(Studies show that Psilopogon to be nested within the clade of Megalaima, nearly all members of the family are now in the genus Psilopogon, with the exception of those in Caloramphus).

Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek: megalos great; laimos throat.

Psilopogon is a genus of Old World barbets which includes majority of species in the family Megalaimidae, exception of those in the genus Caloramphus.
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.

The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

1/ Coppersmith barbet (Cu rôc cổ đỏ, Psilopogon haemacephalus), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith
2/ Yellow-eared barbet (Cu rôc tai vàng, Psilopogon australis)
3/ Blue-throated barbet (Cu rốc đầu đỏ, Psilopogon asiaticus)
4/ Golden-throated barbet (Cu rốc đầu vàng, Psilopogon franklinii)
5/ Moustached barbet (Cu rốc tai đen, Psilopogon incognitus)
6/ Black-browed barbet (Cu rốc mày đen, Psilopogon oorti)
7/ Lineated barbet (Thầy chùa bụng nâu, cu rốc bụng nâu, Psilopogon lineatus)
8/ Green-eared barbet (Thầy chùa đầu xám, Psilopogon faiostrictus)
9/ Red-vented barbet (Thầy chùa đít đỏ, Psilopogon lagrandieri)
10/ Great barbet (Thầy chùa lớn, Psilopogon virens)
11/ Blue-eared barbet (Cu rốc đầu đen, Psilopogon cyanotis)

12/ Indochinese barbet (Psilopogon annamensis), also called Annam barbet
Cu rốc Đông Dương

13/ Necklaced Barbet (Psilopogon auricularis) 
Cu rốc họng vàng

14/ Black-eared barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
Cu rốc tai lam

Le genre Psilopogon regroupe 30 espèces d'oiseaux nommés barbus appartenant à la famille des Megalaimidae.

1/ Barbu à plastron rouge
Barbu à front rouge
Coppersmith barbet 
(Cu rôc cổ đỏ, Psilopogon haemacephalus), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith

2/ Yellow-eared barbet (Cu rôc tai vàng, Psilopogon australis)
3/ Blue-throated barbet (Cu rốc đầu đỏ, Psilopogon asiaticus)
4/ Barbu de Franklin
Golden-throated barbet 
(Cu rốc đầu vàng, Psilopogon franklinii)
5/ Moustached barbet (Cu rốc tai đen, Psilopogon incognitus)
6/ Black-browed barbet (Cu rốc mày đen, Psilopogon oorti)
7/ Lineated barbet (Thầy chùa bụng nâu, cu rốc bụng nâu, Psilopogon lineatus)
8/ Green-eared barbet (Thầy chùa đầu xám, Psilopogon faiostrictus)
9/ Red-vented barbet (Thầy chùa đít đỏ, Psilopogon lagrandieri)
10/ Great barbet (Thầy chùa lớn, Psilopogon virens)
11/ Blue-eared barbet (Cu rốc đầu đen, Psilopogon cyanotis)
 epithet 'Cyanotis' means 'blue' in Greek (kyanos)
12/ Barbu d’Annam, Barbu d'Annam, Barbu d'Indochine, Barbu du Vietnam
Indochinese barbet
 (Psilopogon annamensis), also called Annam barbet
Cu rốc Đông Dương

13/ Barbu à gorge d’or
Necklaced Barbet
(Psilopogon auricularis) 
Cu rốc họng vàng

14/ Black-eared barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
Cu rốc tai lam

Piciformes, picidae, picus: du latin pic; du grec pikos: pic.
Megalaima: du grec ‘gorge large’; megalos: grande, large; laimos gorge.
Psilopogon: du grec ancien psilos signifiant "nu, vide" et pōgōn: "barbe".