Calyptomena

Calyptomena is a genus containing three green birds in the broadbill family Calyptomenidae that are found in Southeast Asia.

Calyptomena
Green broadbill, (Calyptomena viridis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Calyptomenidae
Genus:	Calyptomena Horsfield, 1822
Type species
Calyptomena viridis[1] Horsfield, 1822

Taxonomy

The genus name Calyptomena was introduced in 1822 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.^[2] The name was also introduced in the same year by Stamford Raffles,^[3] but Horsfield's work was published in June 1822 and has priority over Raffles' article which was published in November 1822.^[4] The genus name combines Ancient Greek kaluptos meaning "covered" with mēnē meaning "moon".^[5]

Species

The genus contains three species.^[6]

Genus Calyptomena – Horsfield, 1822 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Green broadbill	Calyptomena viridis Raffles, 1822 Three subspecies C. v. viridis Raffles, 1822 - the Malay Peninsula, extirpated from Singapore C. v. gloriosa Deignan, 1947 - Sumatra, Borneo, Nias, the Lingga Islands, and the Natuna Islands C. v. siberu Chasen & Kloss, 1926 - Mentawai Islands	Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Hose's broadbil	Calyptomena hosii Sharpe, 1892	northern Borneo	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Whitehead's broadbill	Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1887	northern Borneo.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

All three species are primarily green, and all are found in Borneo. The larger two species, Hose's and Whitehead's, are endemic to the island,^[7] while the smaller green broadbill is also found in Sumatra and on the Malay Peninsula.^[8]

References

1. "Calyptomenidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
2. Horsfield, Thomas (1822). Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands. London: Printed for Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen. Pages not numbered.
3. Raffles, Thomas Stamford (1822). "Second part of the descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection made in the islands of Sumatra and its vicinity". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13 (2): 277–340 [295]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00065.x.
4. Wells, D.R.; Dickinson, E.C. (2010). "Authorship of the broadbill genus name Calyptomena and the correct citations for this and Calyptomena viridis Raffles". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 130 (2): 143–145.
5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "NZ wrens, Sapayoa, asities, broadbills, pittas". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
7. Myers, Susan (2016). Birds of Borneo (2nd ed.). London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4729-2444-5.
8. "Calyptomena viridis". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 July 2017.