Smithornis is a genus of birds in the family Calyptomenidae, the broadbills. The genus comprises three species native to Africa.
Smithornis
Smithornis capensis capensis, 1838
Smithornis rufolateralis
Image: African broadbill, Smithornis capensis, at u Mkhuze Game Reserve, kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa (15394526412)
Sir Andrew Smith was a British surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.
Sir Andrew Smith
1840 drawing of Southern African rock python by Sir Andrew Smith
Image: Sir Andrew Smith portrait