| 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) |
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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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