Smithornis capensis (African Broadbill)

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African Broadbill Smithornis capensis (Smith, A, 1839)
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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Calyptomenidae
Genus:
  Smithornis

Scientific:
Smithornis capensis

Citation:
(Smith, A, 1839)

Reference:
Ill.Zool.S.Afr. pl.27

Protonym:
Platyrhynchus capensis

Avibase ID:
9EE216F9B970659F

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
Czech:
  loboš africký
German:
  Schwarzscheitel-Breitrachen
Danish:
  Afrobrednæb
Spanish:
  Eurilaimo Africano
Finnish:
  afrikanharlekiini
French:
  Eurylaime du Cap
Icelandic:
  Skrækbreiðnefja
Italian:
  Beccolargo africano
Japanese:
  afurikahirohashi
Japanese:
  アフリカヒロハシ
Dutch:
  Kaapse Breedbek
Norwegian:
  Svartkronebrednebb
Polish:
  szerokodziób ubogi
Portuguese:
  Bocarra-africana
Russian:
  Капский ширококлюв
Slovak:
  pískavec bieloboký
Swedish:
  afrikansk brednäbb
Chinese:
  非洲阔嘴鸟

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):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   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:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
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):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
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]
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 3rd edition:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
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):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
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 and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   African Broadbill ( Smithornis capensis) [version 1]
James Lee Peters:
    Smithornis capensis [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
    Smithornis capensis [version 1]
James Lee Peters (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 2nd edition (1996):
   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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Other synonyms
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 (IOC): African Broadbill
English (Kenya): African Broadbill
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
Hungarian: kanalas ricsóka
Icelandic: Skrækbreiðnefja
Italian: Becco largo, Beccolargo africano, Eurilaimo del Capo
Japanese: afurikahirohashi
Japanese: アフリカヒロハシ
Latin: 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
Russian: Капский ширококлюв, Черноголовый пестробрюхий рогоклюв
Slovak: pískavec bieloboký
Serbian: Afrička širokokljunka
Swedish: Afrikansk brednäbb
Swahili: Bandabanda, Kijogoo-shamba
Ukrainian: Широкодзьоб чорноголовий
Chinese: 非洲阔嘴鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲闊嘴鳥