African Broadbill

Smithornis capensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Calyptomenidae
Genus
Smithornis
eBird Code
afrbro1

Vocalizations

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (9)

  • Smithornis capensis albigularis

    Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, western Tanzania, and northern Malawi

  • Smithornis capensis camarunensis

    Cameroon to Gabon and Central African Republic

  • Smithornis capensis capensis

    eastern South Africa (coastal KwaZulu-Natal and northeastern Eastern Cape)

  • Smithornis capensis conjunctus

    Caprivi Strip and middle Zambezi Valley to northwestern Mozambique

  • Smithornis capensis cryptoleucus

    southeastern Tanzania and southern Malawi to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northeastern South Africa, and Eswatini

  • Smithornis capensis delacouri

    Sierra Leone to Ghana

  • Smithornis capensis medianus

    central Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

  • Smithornis capensis meinertzhageni

    highlands of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya

  • Smithornis capensis suahelicus

    southeastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and northeastern Mozambique

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.