Alternative name: Black-throated Broadbill
- Calyptomena whiteheadi
Identification
24 - 27cm. The largest green broadbill.
- Vivid green plumage
- Forehead tuft almost hiding bill
- Prominent black spot behind ear-coverts, some black on crown, another spot on nape
- Extensive black on mantle and wing
- Blackish flight-feathers and tail
- Large black patch on lower throat and upper breast
- Green underparts with black streakings
Female with less pronounced tuft, duller green underparts without markings and no black spots on head. Immature similiar but with less pronounced black spots and marking.
Similar species
Larger than Hose's Broadbill and Green Broadbill and with black throat and extensive black markings.
Distribution
Endemic to Borneo where found from Mount Kinabalu south to Mount Latuk and Kayan Mentarang.
Relatively common in suitable habitat.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Montane forest and forest edge. Occurs at 900 - 1700m, but recorded lower (600m) and higher (1980m).
Behaviour
Feeds on fruits, takes also some insects.
Forages mostly singly, sometimes in noisy groups at fruiting trees and also in mixed-species flocks.
Few data about breeding. Breeding season probably from March to June. One described nest was suspendend from a branch ca. 15m above the ground and made of moss, bamboo leaves and lichens. Lays 1 - 2 eggs.
A resident species, some local movements depending on seasonality of fruiting trees possible.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Whitehead's Broadbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Whitehead%27s_Broadbill
