Eurylaimus Explained

Eurylaimus is a genus of broadbills (family Eurylaimidae) found in Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

The genus Eurylaimus was introduced in 1821 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield to accommodate the banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus).^{[1] [2]} The name means 'broad throat', from the Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: eurus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:εὐρύς|εὐρύς]], 'broad, wide') and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: laimos (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:λαιμός|λαιμός]], 'throat').^[3]

Extant species

Two extant species are recognized:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Eurylaimus javanicus		Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
	Eurylaimus ochromalus		Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Eurylaimus:

• Wattled broadbill (as Eurylaimus steerii)^[5]
• Visayan broadbill (as Eurylaimus samarensis)^[6]
• Vanikoro flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos vanikorensis)^[7]
• Broad-billed flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos ruficollis)^[8]
• Satin flycatcher (as Platyrhynchos cyanoleucus)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Horsfield . Thomas . Thomas Horsfield . 1821 . Systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java . Transactions of the Linnean Society . 13 . 133–200 [170] . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00061.x .
2. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1951 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 7 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 8 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 154 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2022 . NZ wrens, Sapayoa, asities, broadbills, pittas . IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 June 2022 .
5. Web site: Sarcophanops steerii - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-25.
6. Web site: Sarcophanops samarensis - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-25.
7. Web site: Myiagra vanikorensis - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-25.
8. Web site: Myiagra ruficollis - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-26.
9. Web site: Myiagra cyanoleuca - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-26.