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Calyptomenid Broadbills
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Green Broadbill
Smithornis capensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Infraorder: Eurylaimides
Family: Calyptomenidae
Bonaparte, 1850
Genus: Calyptomena
(Raffles, 1822)
Genera
  • Calyptomena viridis
  • Calyptomena hosei
  • Calyptomena whiteheadi

Asian green broadbills, Calyptomenidae are a family of broadbills found in Africa. They are closely related to the eurylaimid broadbills, sapayoa, asities, and the pittas in the group Eurylaimides.

Taxonomy[]

The Asian green broadbills were once together with the Smithornis broadbills and Eurylaimid broadbills in the broader family of Eurylaimidae. The asities were once in Eurylaimidae too.[1]

Species[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hawkins, F. (2016). Asities (Philepittidae). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/52288 on 25 March 2016).
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