Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-sided Broadbill, Red Broadbill, Red-sided Broadbill

Family
Calyptomenidae (African And Green Broadbills)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1864

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis) [XC823474]
by George Wagner from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call, song)

Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis) [XC689707]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Atewa Ridge, Ghana (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with African Broadbill (Smithornis capensis), but latter probably more closely related to Grey-headed Broadbill (Smithornis sharpei). Subspecies very similar, budongoensis possibly not tenable.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

rufolateralis Gray, 1864 - Eastern Sierra Leone east to western Zaire, south to south-western Congo and northern Angola (Cabinda).
budongoensis van Someren, 1921 - East-central and north-eastern Zaire and western Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis) - 10 files

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