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Eurylaimus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Eurylaimus

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Eurylaimidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passerine

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Lower classifications
  
Black‑and‑yellow broadbill, Banded broadbill, Wattled broadbill, Visayan broadbill

Broadbill black yellow eurylaimus ochromalus


Eurylaimus is a genus of broadbills (family Eurylaimidae) found in Southeast Asia. The name means ‘broad throat’, from the Greek eurus (εὐρύς, ‘broad, wide’) and laimos (λαιμός, ‘throat’).

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Black and yellow broadbill eurylaimus ochromalus


Extant species

Two extant species are recognized:

  • Banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus)
  • Black-and-yellow broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus)

    • Former species

    Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eurylaimus:

  • Wattled broadbill (as Eurylaimus steerii)
  • Visayan broadbill ( as Eurylaimus samarensis)
  • Vanikoro flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos vanikorensis)
  • Broad-billed flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos ruficollis)
  • Satin flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos cyanoleucus)

    • References

    Eurylaimus Wikipedia
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