Calyptomena is a genus containing three green birds in the broadbill family Calyptomenidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus name
Calyptomena was introduced in 1822 by the American naturalist
Thomas Horsfield.
The name was also introduced in the same year by
Stamford Raffles,
but Horsfield's work was published in June 1822 and has priority over Raffles' article, which was published in November 1822.
The genus name combines
Ancient Greek kaluptos meaning "covered" with
mēnē meaning "moon".
Species
The genus contains three species.
All three species are primarily green, and all are found in Borneo. The larger two species, Hose's and Whitehead's, are endemic to the island,
