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Species
Vulnerablevia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sarcophanops
- Image
- Sarcophanops steerii.jpg
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- taxon name
- Sarcophanops steerii
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- bocarra-de-mindanau
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons gallery
- Eurylaimus steerii
- Commons category
- Sarcophanops steerii
- litter size
- 1
- endemic to
- Philippines
- short name
- S. steerii
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Encyclopedic overview
The wattled broadbill or Mindanao broadbill (Sarcophanops steerii) is a species of bird in the family Eurylaimidae where it was previously conspecific to the Visayan broadbill. It is endemic to the islands of Mindanao, Basilan, Dinagat and Siargao in the Philippines. It is one of the most striking birds in the country with its sky-blue wattle and bill and yellow wing patch. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forest and occasionally tropical mangrove forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Description and taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wattled Broadbill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.