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Rufous-sided Broadbill

Smithornis rufolateralis Gray, GR 1864

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Phil Stouffer 2018-01-14 American University of Central Africa (AUCA), Centro Sur (Equatorial Guinea) (650 m) display -

Presumably a male display flight. I saw the bird display about 8 times. These noises accompanied a short, tight, circular flight in a loop of about 1m off a horizontal vine about 7m off the ground. WAV version at ML87403371  Macaulay Library

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

403587
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Rod Cassidy 2021-01-09 Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Sangha-Mbaéré (Central African Republic) (380 m) adult, call, flight call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

614825
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Barry Edmonston 2018-04-28 Ankasa Game Reserve, Western (former region) (Ghana) (80 m) call, display call -

Display call of a single bird. Perched 8 meters high on large branch, about 15 meters away. Calls then flies up and away at 45 degree angle, and then returns to the branch. Calls and display flies about every 10 to 25 seconds, and continued displaying for more than five minutes.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

419958
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Hans Matheve 2016-04-06 Kakum NP (walkway), Central (Ghana) (220 m) display flight -

bird-seen:yes

352233
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Étienne Leroy 2022-10-28 Mikongo, Lope, Ogooué-Ivindo, Lopé (Gabon) (420 m) song -

In secondary forest

762142
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Hans Matheve 2016-04-10 Ankasa NR, Western (former region) (Ghana) (100 m) display flight -

bird-seen:yes

352235
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Paul Lenrumé 2024-09-26 Lopé forest, Lopé (Gabon) (300 m) wingnoise - [sono] 939876
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Alain Verneau 2022-12-31 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) (170 m) song - [sono] 776125
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Rod Cassidy 2021-01-23 Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Sangha-Mbaéré (Central African Republic) (380 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

617447
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis BurBenj 2021-06-04 Bekomi, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Haut-Ogooué (Gabon) (650 m) uncertain -

Loud and clear sound coming from a thick vegetation along a tree trunk Forest understorey

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

659777
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Étienne Leroy 2017-01-18 Parc National de la Forêt de Taï, Bas-Sassandra (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (130 m) song -

Display song, starting at 6:15, while the forest was still in the dark. Lasted for more than 30 minutes. Deep in the primary forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

351848
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis yntze van der hoek 2018-10-11 North-Kivu, Nord-Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (600 m) call -

Recorded in dense primary lowland rainforest.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

440078
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Michael Hurben 2017-11-01 Kakum NP (Abrufo Forest), Central (Ghana) (170 m) call, display call -

Individual was making short, circular flight display from an exposed perch inside forest; call occurred during flights.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

392023
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Brendan Sloan 2021-10-30 Atewa Ridge, Ghana (Ghana) (700 masl app m) sex uncertain, song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

689707
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Étienne Leroy 2023-11-05 Réserve naturelle de Mabi Yaya, La Mé, Lagunes District, La Mé (Côte d'Ivoire) (120 m) song -

In secondary forest

843168
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Oscar Campbell 2023-08-06 Kakum-HQ trail, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) (180 m) song -

Three 'growls' from displaying bird, first at 0:03, on branch in forest interior, not far from main track. Location as mapped is approximate.

842822
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Keith Blomerley 2002-08-09 , Western (Uganda)   -   203942401
macaulaylibrary.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Daniel Danckwerts 2019-11-06 Kakum NP (walkway), Central (Ghana) (220 m) adult, flight call, male -

An adult performing its vertical display off a horizontal perch, roughly 5m high in the canopy.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

525274
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Deville Tanguy 2022-12-23 Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Bandundu (former) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (360 m) song - [sono] 823466
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Brendan Sloan 2021-11-04 Nyamibe Forest (Bonkro), Ghana (Ghana) (150 masl app m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

697492
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Josep del Hoyo 2018-01-02 , Western (former region) (Ghana)   -   203922891
macaulaylibrary.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Marian P. McChesney 1967-10-21 Ribaldi Forest, Uganda, Uganda (Uganda)   -   6966
macaulaylibrary.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-20 Nyamibe Forest (Bonkro), Adansi South (Ghana) wingnoise - [sono] 719477
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-sided Broadbill - Smithornis rufolateralis rufolateralis Rolf A. de By 2016-01-15 feeder road to Sushen Forest, Central (Ghana) (135 m) song -

playback-used:no

301561
xeno-canto.org
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