The Black And Red Broadbill Is Beautiful With It's Wine Red With Velvet Black Color But It's Turquoise Bill Takes The Cake

The black and red broadbill is an unmistakable inhabitant and the only species under the genus Cymbirhynchus.

Karen

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 10, 2021

The Black and Red Broadbill is an unmistakable and large bird that is classified as an Asian Broadbill under the Eurylaimidae family, genus Cymbirhynchus. You can find this striking bird in some countries in Asia like Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Brunei and more. 

They are mostly found in rainforests and are monogamous in nature. While it enjoys the lowlands, it can also survive disturbed habitats and riversides. 

Black and red broadbills prefer habitats near the water because their diet mostly involves aquatic creatures like fish, snails, mollusks and crustaceans. 

During the dry season is when the breeding of Broadbills takes place. You will find it's large nests hanging over water to protect their offspring from preys and other things that may affect the breeding process such as moss, fungus and other plant elements. 

Broadbills are beautiful, especially the Black and Red Broadbills that display bold and velvety colors including it's blue bill that makes it an outstanding creature of its kind. 

Know more about the Black and Red Broadbill below and see how amazing these large birds are. Let us learn more about these beautiful creatures so that we can all help preserve it's kind for the next generation to still see them.

Enjoy reading!

Presenting the black and red Broadbill

Black and Red Broadbill with scientific name Cymbirhynchus Macrorhynchos

Because of its distinct plumage, no one can mistake the Black and Red Broadbill. It is large in size where an adult can reach up to 24cm in length with wings as long as 10.8 cm and weighs up to 65 g.

A fully grown Black and Red Broadbill displays black velvet heads and breastbands. It also has a half-collar in maroon color and a brighter tone in the rumps and upper tail.

The wings also shows streaks of white and an outline of orange. Its tail shows a black dominant color with strips of white, while its bill has a beautiful turquoise color at the top and orange below. This emerald eyed bird is definitely a work of art.

You may also find a blackish, brownish, bronze colored blue bills

Where to find them

Aside from the countries listed above, you may also find the black and red Broadbills in Borneo, Southern Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia.

They love living near the forest near the water

Aside from aquatic creatures, they also love eating insects.

Breeding season

Breeding season takes place during the months of March to June.

IUCN's least of their concern

Despite its common to locally common standing, the IUCN still considers it as its least concern.

See them live!

To see how the black and red broadbill looks like in real life, here's a video of it in action and be amazed on how magnificent this creature is.

Black and red broadbills are one of the best species of its kind. The wide range of colors that encloses its body is truly amazing. No wonder it is an unmistakable bird of its species.

Living in lowlands, riversides, rainforests and other areas where there is water, the broadbill will have a wide range for breeding. Let's just hope that this species will continue to grow in numbers for the next generation to see.

Karen