Adult (Black-and-red) © Lucas Bobay eBird S52043747 Macaulay Library ML 139358421
Adult (Black-and-red) © Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul
Adult (Black-and-red) © Paul Maury
Adult (Black-and-red) © Ting-Wei (廷維) HUNG (洪)
Nest (Black-and-red) © Wilbur Goh

Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

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Identification

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Utterly unmistakable inhabitant of waterside and riverine lowland evergreen forests, mangroves, and plantations. Midnight black with long white slashes on each wing, wine-red underparts, and a black chinstrap. Bulbous bill is glowingly powder-blue with warm tinges of orange and greenish-yellow. During the breeding season, the pendulous nests of this species can be quite obvious, hanging over forested waterways. Voice is nasal and generally unpleasant-sounding, consisting of odd low mechanical rasps.

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