Eurylaimus

Eurylaimus
Banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Eurylaimidae
Genus: Eurylaimus
Horsfield, 1821

Eurylaimus is a genus of broadbills (family Eurylaimidae). The name means ‘broad throat’, from the Greek eurus (εὐρύς, ‘broad, wide’) and laimos (λαιμός, ‘throat’).[1]

The genus is found in Southeast Asia and contains the following species:

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