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Visayan Broadbill

Sarcophanops samarensisSteere, JB, 1890

English (US) Visayan Broadbill

The Visayan Broadbill (Sarcophanops samarensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Eurylaimidae (Grauer's Broadbill and Asian Broadbills) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: central Philippines (Leyte, Samar, and Bohol)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Sarcophanops samarensis
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Visayan Broadbill
Described by
Steere, JB, 1890

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Sarcophanops Samarensis
Described by
Steere, JB, 1890
Type locality
Samar, Philippine Islands.
Original description
A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and with brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species p.23

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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