African & Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Smithornis capensis

The African Broadbill (Smithornis capensis) is a 23 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

African & Green Broadbills

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

23 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Namibia, Gabon, eSwatini, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Kumbira Forest Reserve (Angola); Rápidos de Surire, south of Saltinho, Tombali (Guinea-Bissau); Rafai, Mbomou, Central African Republic (Central African Republic); Aberfoyle Lodge (Zimbabwe); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist