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Long-tailed broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng xanh, Psarisomus dalhousiae)

The long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) is the only species of bird in the genus Psarisomus of the family Eurylaimidae, of the order Passeriformes.
The name Psarisomus: Psaris, a synonym of Tityra, the Greek word "soma" for "body".

The scientific name dalhousiae commemorates Christina Broun, Countess of Dalhousie (1786–1839), wife of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie.

Eurylaimidae, Eurylaimus: from the Ancient Greek ευρυς, eurus, meaning broad, and λαιμος, laimos, meaning throat. 

Psarisomus is a genus of broadbills in the family Eurylaimidae of the order Passeriformes. 
The generic name Psarisomus comes from the name Psaris, a synonym of Tityra and the Greek word soma for "body".

1/ Long-tailed broadbill (Mỏ rộng xanh, Psarisomus dalhousiae)