Dusky Broadbill

Most of the tour party had left the forest but a small group of us stayed searching for birds until it was almost dark. We were very fortunate when we heard a Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus flock of 6 birds overhead. The birds were standing on bare branches high above us and visible through a gap in the trees. The photograph is therefore taken from below the bird in near darkness but shows some of the key features of this species; the dull reddish broad bill with a grey tip; buff coloured throat, blackish head and underparts; white tail bands.

Dusky Broadbill is a species of bird in the sixteen strong and very attractive Broadbill family Eurylaimidae. It is native to much of south east Asia including Sumatra and Borneo. It may be slowly declining due to habitat loss, especially from logging, but it has a large enough range that it is still considered to be a least concern species. This species, like most in its family, is an insectivore.

Reference: Craig Robson (2010) Birds of South East Asia, New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. p.160;
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