Black-and-red Broadbill

Black-and-red Broadbill
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Scientific Name: Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Malay Name: Hujan-hujan Merah

Chinese Name: 黑红阔嘴鸟

Range: Found from Indochina, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra to Borneo

Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: affinis, siamensis, malaccensis, macrorhynchos.

Local Subspecies: malaccensis

Size: 21-24 cm

Identification: Adult is distinctive looking with blackish chin, cheeks and upperparts with long white streak along scapulars, dark maroon-red rump and underparts with narrow black breast-band and brightly coloured bill with turquoise-blue upper mandible and yellowish lower mandible. Juvenile resembles adult but has browner overall plumage.

Habitat: Forest, forest edge, freshwater swamp forest and mangroves.

Behaviour/Ecology: Unobtrusive, often sitting still for long periods usually near water.

Local Status: Former resident and very rare visitor

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

Featured reports: Apr 2022, May 2022, Jul 2022, Feb 2023, Apr 2023, May 2023, Jul 2023, Aug 2023, Feb 2024, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, May 2024, Aug 2024, Feb 2025, Mar 2025

Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

Black-and-Red Broadbill at Chek Jawa. Photo credit: Jared Tan
Black-and-Red Broadbill at Chek Jawa. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Black-and-Red Broadbill at Chek Jawa. Photo credit: Adrian Silas Tay
Black-and-Red Broadbill at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Photo credit: Adrian Silas Tay
Black-and-Red Broadbill at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Photo credit: Francis Yap
External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Black-and-red Broadbill)

References:

BirdLife International. (2016). Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103656920A95026449.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Jeyarajasingam, A., & Pearson, A. (2012). A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Oxford University Press.

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

Wells, D. R. (1999). The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula (Vol. 1). Academic Press, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Black-and-red Broadbill. Retrieved on May 17, 2025 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/black-and-red-broadbill.

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