Black-and-red Broadbill

Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Family: Grauer's Broadbill and Asian Broadbills · Status: Former resident and very rare visitor · Size: 21–24 cm · Conservation: Not Evaluated

Range

Occurs across Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Identification

Adult has blackish chin, cheeks, and upperparts with a long white streak along the scapulars, dark maroon-red rump and underparts with a narrow black breast-band, and a 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

Unobtrusive, often sitting still for long periods, usually near water.