Animalia Life

Calyptomena hosii
SUBFAMILY
Calyptomeninae
TAXONOMY
Calyptomena hosii Sharpe, 1892, Mt. Dulit, Borneo.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Blue-bellied broadbill, magnificent green broadbill; French: Eurylaime de Hose; German: Azurbreitrachen; Spanish: Pico Ancho Magnнfico.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
7.5–8.3 in (19–21 cm); female, 3.3 oz (92 g); male, 3.6–4.1 oz (102–115 g). Green head and upperparts with black spots about head and neck, and on wings. Deep blue underparts.
DISTRIBUTION
Endemic to Borneo. Most commonly found between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (610–1,220 m), but also as low as 1,000 ft (300 m) in Sabah and as high as 5,512 ft (1,680 m) in the Kelabit Uplands.
HABITAT
Understory and midstory of submontane forest; locally in lowland rainforest.
BEHAVIOR
Little known. Occurs in pairs or small groups.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Feeds mostly on fig fruits, but also some insects and leaf buds. Small groups can be seen aggregating in fruiting fig trees.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Breeding probably begins in March to April.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Rare to locally common in very restricted
DISTRIBUTION
. Considered Near Threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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