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

Past records in our database:

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Black-and-red Broadbill at Panti Forest. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Black-and-red Broadbill at Panti Forest. 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

Singapore Birds Project. (n.d.). Black-and-red Broadbill. Retrieved on June 3, 2023 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/black-and-red-broadbill.