BlogRelaxStatisticsWorld mapTop 5
← Back to Malaysia

Whitehead's Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)

Whitehead's Broadbill
Photo: JJ Harrison via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Whitehead's Broadbill

Whitehead's broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi) is a species of bird in the family Calyptomenidae. It is endemic to the mountain ranges of north-central Borneo, where it mainly inhabits montane forests and forest edges at elevations of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft). It is 24–27 cm (9.4–10.6 in) long, with males weighing 142–171 g (5.0–6.0 oz) and females weighing 150–163 g (5.3–5.7 oz). Males are vivid green and have a black throat patch, black spots on the ear-coverts and back of the neck, and black markings and streaking all over the body. The tails and flight feathers are also blackish. Females are smaller and lack the black markings on the head and underparts. Juveniles look similar to adults but have fewer black markings.

Source: Whitehead's broadbill on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
🎧

No audio on this page yet

We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 44 recordings for this species: 26 CC BY-NC-SA · 18 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.