Eurylaimus

Genus of birds

Eurylaimus
Banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Eurylaimidae
Genus: Eurylaimus
Horsfield, 1821
Type species
Eurylaimus javanicus (banded broadbill)
Horsfield 1821
Synonyms
  • Platyrhynchos

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
Eurylaimus javanicus Banded broadbill Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 8.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Sarcophanops steerii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  6. ^ "Sarcophanops samarensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  7. ^ "Myiagra vanikorensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  8. ^ "Myiagra ruficollis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  9. ^ "Myiagra cyanoleuca - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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