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Bird watcher Joyce Le Mesurier unexpectedly spotted the extinct bird on the offshore isle of Pulau Ubin according to local news.
According to the Singapore Birds Project, the green broadbill had populated Pulau Ubin years ago, but was hardly seen in Singapore since 1941. Other local bird watchers said that it was their first time to see such bird species in the island, describing the sighting as a lifter .
Ecological Behavior of Green Broadbill Bird
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UNSPECIFIED - JUNE 15: Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), Eurylaimidae, drawing.
In a 2019 study of broadbills behavior in Malaysian Borneo, series of observations on these birds suggest that green broadbills, scientifically known as