Dusky Broadbill
Common name for a species
of passerine bird in the family Eurylaimidae and with the scientific designation
Corydon sumatranus. It is a fairly common resident in Southeast Asia and lives
in broadleaved forests to altitudes of up to 1,220 metres. In Thailand, it is
found in the southern regions and known as nok phaya pahk kwahng sih dam
(นกพญาปากกว้างสีดำ). This
plump,
overall blackish brown bird has a slightly
downward-curved
bill which is dull reddish with a greyish tip, a buffy bib, and a white wing
patch more or less on the middle of the primaries. Juveniles are browner with a
shorter and slightly darker bib, and a pale bill.
See also
List of Thai
Animal Names and
Green
Broadbill.
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