Hose's Broadbill
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Hose's Broadbill is a species of bird
in the Eurylaimidae family. It was named after zoologist Charles Hose
. It is endemic to highland forests in northern Borneo
. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has a blue belly, but otherwise it resembles the other members of the genus Calyptomena
.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Eurylaimidae family. It was named after zoologist Charles Hose
Charles Hose
Charles Hose was a British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist.He was born in Hertfordshire, England, and was educated at Felsted in Essex. Admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1882, he almost immediately migrated to Jesus College, and later left Cambridge without taking a degree...
. It is endemic to highland forests in northern Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has a blue belly, but otherwise it resembles the other members of the genus Calyptomena
Calyptomena
The bird genus Calyptomena, first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1822, consists of three species of south-east Asian broadbills with primarily green plumages...
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