Species of Thailand
Banded broadbill
Eurylaimus javanicus
Thomas Horsfield, 1821
In Thai: นกพญาปากกว้างลายเหลือง
The banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) is a species of bird in the family Eurylaimidae.
It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a large broadbill (21.5–23 cm), with purple, yellow and black plumage. It eats predominantly insects, including grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, various beetles, caterpillars and larvae.
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Eurylaimidae
- Genus
- Eurylaimus
- Species
- Eurylaimus javanicus
Common names
- Thai: นกพญาปากกว้างลายเหลือง
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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