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.