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]