Broadbills (Eurylaimidae)

Visayan Wattled Broadbill (Sarcophanops samarensis) - HBW 8, p. 91

French: Eurylaime de Samar German: Purpurrücken-Breitrachen Spanish: Eurilaimo de las Visayan
Other common names: Samar/Visayan Broadbill; Wattled Broadbill (when lumped with S. steerii)

Taxonomy: Sarcophanops Samarensis Steere, 1890, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines.
Genus often merged into Eurylaimus, but significant morphological differences. Was at same time considered conspecific with S. steerii, but the two differ strikingly in plumage coloration and better treated as forming a superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: Philippine islands of Samar, Leyte and Bohol.