Visayan broadbill
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Eurylaimidae |
| Genus: | Sarcophanops |
| Species: | S. samarensis
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| Sarcophanops samarensis (Steere, 1890)
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The Visayan broadbill (Sarcophanops samarensis) is a species of bird in the family Eurylaimidae. It is endemic to the islands of Samar, Leyte and Bohol in the central Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Description
The bird is ca. 15 cm (5.9 in) in size. It is brightly coloured passerine with a black throat and face; green eye surrounded by large, prominent sky-blue wattle; and large, broad, pale blue bill. It has a purple crown, bordered by greyish nuchal collar, and purple mantle, becoming bright chestnut on rump and tail. Wings are black with prominent white and lilac bar across tertials and secondaries, lilac underparts becoming yellowish-white on lower belly. Female has similar colours as male, but with gleaming white breast and belly. Juveniles are duller.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Sarcophanops samarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22698727A110060626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22698727A110060626.en.
- ^ "Visayan Broadbill (Eurylaimus samarensis) – BirdLife species factsheet". www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
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