The Banded Broadbill was the best encounter
among the subspecies that I have seen. In actual fact in South-East Asia SEA
there are 11 species - of which 7 species can be found in Malaysia peninsula.
We are lucky indeed, Malaysia can be hailed as a Broadbill country becos we
could easily spot all the species that could be seen . Africa have the other 4
subspecies whilst Borneo - KK have the other 2 endemic Green Broadbills ie
Hose's & Whitehead's Philippines has 2 endemic too
My previous encounter are as follows:-
1. Green Broadbill Near-threatened ( Uncommon Perdik UluLangat)
2. Black & Red Broadbill (Common FRIM and many lowland forest)
3. Long-tailed Broadbill (Common Bkt Tinggi/Awana)
4. Silver-breasted Broadbill (Common Ditto)
5. Banded Broadbill (Rarely - Kemensah)
6. Black & Yellow Broadbill (Common Kemensah)
7. Dusky Broadbill (Rare - Kemensah)
The Banded Broadbill has a very distinct rolling call. Come to think about it I would say that hearing the Banded Broadbill calls in lowland forest is quite often as its loud and sharp serenade can travel quite a distance over hill.
On the contrary, this bird is less seen when compared with the Black & Red or the Black & Yellow of the lowland Broadbills. The bird prefers middle storey, which means staying rather high on tall trees and silhuoetted in the canopy shade. This explain why the bird is spotted less frequent when compared to the other two Broadbills. While the nest may have the untidy Broadbill style outlook, these nests too are suspended very high up on the tree. Very much opposite that of Black & Yellow which is at low height and away from area with water.
As the name suggests, these are birds with very conspicuous bills. Short & broad. More important to note is the ostentatious colors that it has for its bill. As for the Banded is aquamarine blue lips. The bright colors simple punctuate the profile. Almost all of them, not gaudy, are very tastefully colorful. Most birders would agree with me that they are considered as one of the more beautiful birds. 4 of the species are generally small, just below that of an average sized bird. The long-tailed Broadbill with its tail looks very prominent as a fair size bird. The exception to this rule is the Dusky Broadbill. This bird is large, dark colored and comes with an "ugly" call as well and the largest beak second to none except the frogmouth's.
My previous encounter are as follows:-
1. Green Broadbill Near-threatened ( Uncommon Perdik UluLangat)
2. Black & Red Broadbill (Common FRIM and many lowland forest)
3. Long-tailed Broadbill (Common Bkt Tinggi/Awana)
4. Silver-breasted Broadbill (Common Ditto)
5. Banded Broadbill (Rarely - Kemensah)
6. Black & Yellow Broadbill (Common Kemensah)
7. Dusky Broadbill (Rare - Kemensah)
The Banded Broadbill has a very distinct rolling call. Come to think about it I would say that hearing the Banded Broadbill calls in lowland forest is quite often as its loud and sharp serenade can travel quite a distance over hill.
On the contrary, this bird is less seen when compared with the Black & Red or the Black & Yellow of the lowland Broadbills. The bird prefers middle storey, which means staying rather high on tall trees and silhuoetted in the canopy shade. This explain why the bird is spotted less frequent when compared to the other two Broadbills. While the nest may have the untidy Broadbill style outlook, these nests too are suspended very high up on the tree. Very much opposite that of Black & Yellow which is at low height and away from area with water.
As the name suggests, these are birds with very conspicuous bills. Short & broad. More important to note is the ostentatious colors that it has for its bill. As for the Banded is aquamarine blue lips. The bright colors simple punctuate the profile. Almost all of them, not gaudy, are very tastefully colorful. Most birders would agree with me that they are considered as one of the more beautiful birds. 4 of the species are generally small, just below that of an average sized bird. The long-tailed Broadbill with its tail looks very prominent as a fair size bird. The exception to this rule is the Dusky Broadbill. This bird is large, dark colored and comes with an "ugly" call as well and the largest beak second to none except the frogmouth's.
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