Biology:Eurylaimus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Eurylaimus | |
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| Banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Eurylaimidae |
| Genus: | Eurylaimus Horsfield, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Eurylaimus javanicus (banded broadbill) Horsfield 1821
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Eurylaimus is a genus of broadbills (family Eurylaimidae) found in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Eurylaimus was introduced in 1821 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield to accommodate the banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus).[1][2] The name means 'broad throat', from the Greek eurus (εὐρύς, 'broad, wide') and laimos (λαιμός, 'throat').[3]
Extant species
Two extant species are recognized:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Eurylaimus javanicus | Banded broadbill | Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
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Eurylaimus ochromalus | Black-and-yellow broadbill | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eurylaimus:
- Wattled broadbill (as Eurylaimus steerii)[5]
- Visayan broadbill ( as Eurylaimus samarensis)[6]
- Vanikoro flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos vanikorensis)[7]
- Broad-billed flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos ruficollis)[8]
- Satin flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos cyanoleucus)[9]
References
- ↑ Horsfield, Thomas (1821). "Systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java". Transactions of the Linnean Society 13: 133–200 [170]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00061.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754903.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 8. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480345.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n154/mode/1up.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2022). "NZ wrens, Sapayoa, asities, broadbills, pittas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nz_wrens/.
- ↑ "Sarcophanops steerii - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=600D1A1F4502EBE6.
- ↑ "Sarcophanops samarensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=11167D53702254B6.
- ↑ "Myiagra vanikorensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=46DFA74731C4C6BE.
- ↑ "Myiagra ruficollis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=AC2F91733C75A847.
- ↑ "Myiagra cyanoleuca - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=32EAD9E62F9BD055.
Wikidata ☰ Q1193319 entry
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