Profile
In flight
Tropical Birds
Long-tailed Broadbill
Psarisomus dalhousiae
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
Travels in noisy little flocks through Himalayan foothill forest like a kaleidoscope someone shook loose — yellow face, black helmet, emerald body, cobalt tail. Hard to believe it isn't enameled.
- Population
- common and widespread across its range, no precise global figure
- Habitat
- subtropical and tropical evergreen foothill forests, Himalayan foothills through Southeast Asia, often near streams
- Diet
- insects, spiders, small lizards, occasional fruit
- Size
- 0.27 m
- Wingspan
- 0.31 m
