| Calyptomenid Broadbills | |
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| Green Broadbill Smithornis capensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Tyranni |
| Infraorder: | Eurylaimides |
| Family: | Calyptomenidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Genus: | Calyptomena (Raffles, 1822) |
| Genera | |
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
- Green Broadbill, Calyptomena viridis
- Hose's Broadbill, Calyptomena hosei
- Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
References
- ^ 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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