Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Passeriformes Family: Eurylaimidae |
Eurylaimidae family (Broadbills) are forest birds living generally in small flocks amongst high trees, and feeding as a rule on insects. They build large round nests of grass and fibres suspended from a fine twig and with an opening at the side. Bill normally broad and flat. Tail generally rounded, often graduated. The range of the family extends from the western Himalayas to the Philippines and Borneo, the majority inhabiting the Malay peninsula. The following two species are found in India:
Broadbills - Eurylaemi - Eurylaemidae - [Fauna of India (Birds) vol iii 1895 - by W. T. Blanford] |