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African Broadbill

Smithornis capensis (Smith, A 1839)

The African broadbill, also known as the black-capped broadbill or Delacour's broadbill is a species of bird in the sub-oscine family Calyptomenidae. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Calyptomenidae
Genus:
   Smithornis
Scientific:
  Smithornis capensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Smith, A 1839)

Reference:
   Ill. Zool. S. Afr. pt. 7 pl.A27

Protonym:
  Platyrhynchus capensis

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51569909

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9EE216F9B970659F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9EE216F9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9EE216F9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563038

Geographic range:

  • Smithornis capensis capensis: eastern South Africa (coastal KwaZulu-Natal and northeastern Eastern Cape)
  • Smithornis capensis delacouri: Sierra Leone to Ghana
  • Smithornis capensis camarunensis: Cameroon to Gabon and C African Republic
  • Smithornis capensis medianus: C Kenya and ne Tanzania
  • Smithornis capensis suahelicus: SE Kenya, e Tanzania and ne Mozambique
  • Smithornis capensis meinertzhageni: Highlands of ne Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and w Kenya
  • Smithornis capensis albigularis: Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, n Zambia, w Tanzania and n Malawi
  • Smithornis capensis conjunctus: Caprivi Strip and middle Zambezi Valley to nw Mozambique
  • Smithornis capensis cryptoleucus: southeastern Tanzania and southern Malawi to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northeastern South Africa, and Swaziland
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Broadbill
Catalan:
becample de casquet
Czech:
loboš africký
Danish:
Afrobrednæb
German:
Schwarzscheitel-Breitrachen
Spanish:
Eurilaimo Africano
Spanish (Spain):
Eurilaimo Africano
Finnish:
afrikanharlekiini
French:
Eurylaime du Cap
Croatian:
crnokapa krupnokljunka
Hungarian:
kanalas ricsóka
Icelandic:
Skrækbreiðnefja
Italian:
Beccolargo africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikahirohashi
Japanese:
アフリカヒロハシ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinis plačiažiotis
Dutch:
Kaapse Breedbek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartkronebreinebb
Norwegian:
Svartkronebrednebb
Polish:
czapecznik ubogi
Portuguese:
Bocarra-africana
Russian:
Пёстрый ширококлюв
Slovak:
pískavec bieloboký
Serbian:
Afrička širokokljunka
Swedish:
afrikansk brednäbb
Ukrainian:
Широкодзьоб чорноголовий
Chinese:
非洲阔嘴鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲闊嘴鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Eurylaime du Cap ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Eurylaime du Cap ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Smithornis capensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Smithornis capensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Smithornis capensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Smithornis capensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Smithornis capensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Breëbek, Breëbek (Afrikaanse Breëbek)
Catalan: becample de casquet
Czech: Loboš africký
Danish: Afrobrednæb
German: Kap Breitrachen, Kapbreitrachen, Kap-Breitrachen, Schwarzscheitel Breitrachen, Schwarzscheitel-Breitrachen
English: African Broadbill, Black-capped Broadbill, Delacour's Broadbill
English, HBW: African Broadbill
English (IOC): African Broadbill
English (Kenya): African Broadbill
English (United States): African Broadbill
Esperanto: Kaba smitornito
Spanish: Eurilaimo Africano, Pico Ancho Africano
Spanish (Spain): Eurilaimo Africano
Spanish (HBW): African Broadbill
Estonian: võsa-lainokk
Finnish: Afrikanharlekiini
French: Eurylaime à tête noire, Eurylaime du Cap, Smithornis à gros bec, Smithornis du Cap
Croatian: crnokapa krupnokljunka
Hungarian: kanalas ricsóka
Icelandic: Skrækbreiðnefja
Italian: Becco largo, Beccolargo africano, Eurilaimo del Capo
Japanese (romaji): afurikahirohashi
Japanese: アフリカヒロハシ
Scientific: Platyrhynchus capensis, Smithornis capensis, Smithornis capensis capensis
Lithuanian: Afrikinis plačiažiotis
Dutch: Kaapse Breedbek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartkronebreinebb
Norwegian: Svartkronebrednebb
Polish: czapecznik ubogi, szerokodziób ubogi
Portuguese: Bocarra-africana
Portuguese (Portugal): bocarra-africana
Russian: Капский ширококлюв, Пёстрый ширококлюв, Черноголовый пестробрюхий рогоклюв
Slovak: pískavec bieloboký
Serbian: Afrička širokokljunka
Swedish: Afrikansk brednäbb
Swahili: Bandabanda, Kijogoo-shamba
Turkish: Afrika genişgagası
Ukrainian: Широкодзьоб чорноголовий
Chinese: 非洲阔嘴鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲闊嘴鳥

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