Silver-breasted Broadbill
Serilophus lunatus
Asian and Grauer's Broadbills (Eurylaimidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Silver-breasted Broadbill with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Grey-lored Broadbill Serilophus rubropygius | 2 |
| Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi | 1 |
Family
The Eurylaimidae are a family of suboscine passerine birds that occur from the eastern Himalayas to Indonesia and the Philippines. The family previously included the sapayoa from the Neotropics, the asities from Madagascar, and the Calyptomenidae from Africa and Asia, but these are now separated into distinct families.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …