Long-tailed Broadbill

How to identify

Field marks

1. Cheeks and throat yellow
2. Black helmet-like cap with a single blue patch on the crown
3. Back and underparts green
4. Tail blue and long, black below

Male, female and young

The juvenile has a shorter tail, a green head and duller plumage.

Voice

A series of loud, sharp whistles descending in pitch, like “pseeu……pseeu……”.

Where and when it's recorded

Long-tailed Broadbill has been recorded at 227 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bukit FraserMalaysia636 records
2. Khao Yai NPThailand393 records
3. Mahananda WLS – LatpancharIndia392 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandIndiaMalaysiaVietnamNepalChinaCambodiaIndonesia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) is a species of bird that is found in the Himalayas, extending east through Northeastern India to Southeast Asia. It is the only bird in the genus Psarisomus. It can be identified by its shrill call.

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