24 Extraordinarily Beautiful Birds You Might Not Have Heard About

Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis): Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis) is a species of bird in the Calyptomenidae family. The bird is about 17 cm long, plumaged in brilliant green with a black ear patch, widely gaped bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on each wing. The beak itself is very weak and almost hidden by the crest above it. Both sexes are similar. The female is duller and has no black markings on its ear patch and wing coverts. The green broadbill is distributed in broadleaved evergreen forests of Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula where it frequents lowland and lower montane rainforest. Photo credit: Tan Tc