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Rufous-sided Broadbill

Smithornis rufolateralis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 19 g
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 1
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 3
Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 4
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 5
Photo: Jan Ebr · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 6
Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 7
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 8
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 9
Photo: (c) Antoine Thivolle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis), photo 10
Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

When to see the Rufous-sided Broadbill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-sided Broadbill

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ghana Equatorial Guinea Congo - Kinshasa Uganda Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon Gabon Liberia Nigeria Congo - Brazzaville Sierra Leone Central African Republic Guinea

About the Rufous-sided Broadbill

The rufous-sided broadbill is a species of bird in the family Calyptomenidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Grey-headed Broadbill (Smithornis sharpei) Grey-headed BroadbillSmithornis sharpeiThe grey-headed broadbill is a species of bird in the family Calyptomenidae. African Broadbill (Smithornis capensis) African BroadbillSmithornis capensisThe African broadbill is a boldly streaked, largely brown, stocky, flycatcher-like bird.

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