The mystery behind the "oversized" beak of the Toucan bird

The Eurylaimidae family includes birds in the order Passeriformes. Mainly distributed in evergreen and semi-evergreen forest habitats in Tropical Southeast Asia and some species in Africa. They are beautiful, colorful birds but also very difficult to observe due to their habit of living in high canopy layers. The main food of birds of this family is insects and some fruits. Birds of the broad-billed family usually pair up and breed from February to September, laying 2 to 4 eggs. The nest is usually made of branches, trash and dry leaves, shaped like a purse hanging from the branches. According to research results on the species composition of the avifauna, currently Vietnam has recorded 5 species including Green Broadbill, Black Broadbill, Tawny Broadbill, Red Broadbill and Pink Broadbill. This article introduces some images of birds of the Vietnamese Dragonbill family recorded by researchers at the Vietnam-Russia Institute of Tropical Ecology/Industrial Ecology at a number of national parks and conservation areas throughout the country during the period. last time.

Red broadbill – Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, 1788). As a resident species, its habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests in the Southeast region. distributed to an altitude of 300m.

Mỏ rộng đỏ – Black-and-red Broadbill- Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, 1788).

Photo taken at Nam Cat Tien National Park

Black broadbill – Corydon sumatranus (Raffles, 1822). Resident species are not common in the Central region, relatively common in the South. Habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Distributed to an altitude of 1200m.

Black Broadbill – Dusky Broadbill – Corydon sumatranus (Raffles, 1822)

Photo taken at Thac Mai Protection Forest – Dong Nai

Pink broadbill – Eurylaimus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821). Resident species are not common in the South Central and Southern regions. Habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Distributed to an altitude of 1100m.

Banded Broadbill – Eurylaimus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821)

Photo taken at Song Hinh Protection Forest – Phu Yen

Serilophus lunatus (Gould, 1834). The resident species is uncommon to common throughout the country. Habitats are evergreen, semi-evergreen, mixed forests and bamboo forests. Distributed to an altitude of 2200m.

Mỏ rộng hung – Silver-breasted Broadbill – Serilophus lunatus (Gould, 1834)

Photo taken at Ba Vi National Park – Hanoi

Green broadbill – Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson, 1835). The resident species is uncommon to common throughout the country. Habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Distributed from 500m to 2000m altitude.