Silver-breasted Broadbill

How to identify

Field marks

1. A single broad, black, crescent-shaped supercilium above the eye
2. Flight feathers patterned in blue and black, tail black

Male, female and young

The female has a single narrow silver band across the breast; the juvenile resembles the adult but has shorter wings and tail and is slightly darker overall.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam

Silver-breasted Broadbill has been recorded at 122 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kaeng Krachan NP – stream crossings 1–3Thailand610 records
2. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand543 records
3. Kaeng Krachan NP – Ban Krang CampgroundsThailand317 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandMalaysiaVietnamChinaCambodiaMyanmar (Burma)IndonesiaLaos

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 silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus) is a species of bird in the broadbill family, Eurylaimidae that is found in parts of Southeast Asia. There are seven currently recognised subspecies; the other species in the genus Serilophus, the grey-lored broadbill, was also previously treated as being a subspecies of this species.

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