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Whitehead's Broadbill
114761883.hw0muCsd. D348248
Information
Range northern Borneo
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Eurylaimidae
Genus Calyptomena
Species Calyptomena whiteheadi
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Whitehead's broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi), is a species of broadbill in the Eurylaimidae family. It is restricted to montane forest in northern Borneo. It is the largest member of the genus Calyptomena. It is named after the British explorer John Whitehead (1860–1899) who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

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