Black-and-red Broadbill - BirdForum Opus

Photo by jaray
Kangkrajan National Park, Thailand

Alternative names: Common Rouge-et-noir Bird; Allied Broadbill

Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Identification

Size 20 - 24cm
Blackish upperparts, narrow white streak on wings, reddish maroon rump, black breast band separating reddish maroon throat patch and underparts together with blue maxilla and yellow mandible diagnostic.
Juvenile -Throat and breast grey-brown. From juvenile Banded Broadbill by lack of yellow on upperparts.

Distribution

Myanmar and southern Indochina through Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung and Borneo.
Formerly common to abundant but population has declined considerably suffering from lowland deforestation. Still occurs in several protected areas in its range.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies:

C. m. affinis:

Southwest Myanmar (also called Arakan Black-and-red Broadbill

C. m. siamensis:

Southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Laos and southern Vietnam - possibly inseparable from malaccensis

C. m. malaccensis:

Extreme southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula

C. m. macrorhynchos

Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka Island and Belitung Island

Habitat

Forests, forest edges, plantations and mangroves fringes. Confined to the lowlands (up to 300m) in most of its range, occurs up to 900m in Sumatra.

Behaviour

Feeds mainly on insects but takes also some fruit and other vegetable matter.
Frequents the middle and lower storeys, usually near water courses. Generally unobtrusive, perching quietly in dense foliage. Will also perch on low branches overlooking water. Shy.
Nests are constructed mostly on branches overhanging water. Lays 2 - 3 eggs.
A resident species.

Vocalisation

Voice - Short and coarse grating notes similar to cicades. Also a brief rising trill like Black-and-yellow Broadbill but shorter and softer.

References

Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504

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Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-and-red Broadbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-red_Broadbill

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