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Eurylaimus

Eurylaimus
Eurylaimus javanicus-20030802.jpg
Banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Eurylaimidae
Genus: Eurylaimus
Horsfield, 1821
Synonyms
  • Platyrhynchos

Eurylaimus is a genus of broadbills (family Eurylaimidae) found in Southeast Asia. The name means ‘broad throat’, from the Greek eurus (, ‘broad, wide’) and laimos (, ‘throat’).

Two extant species are recognized:

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eurylaimus:



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