08 August 2026

Black-and Red Broadbill - ll

 Passeriformes - Eurylaimidae - Cymbirhyncus macrorhynchos (Takau Hitam-Merah)

Utterly unmistakable inhabitant of waterside and riverine lowland evergreen forests, mangroves, and plantations. Midnight black with long white slashes on each wing, wine-red underparts, and a black chinstrap. Bulbous bill is glowingly powder-blue with warm tinges of orange and greenish-yellow. During the breeding season, the pendulous nests of this species can be quite obvious, hanging over forested waterways. Voice is nasal and generally unpleasant-sounding, consisting of odd low mechanical rasps.
(eBird)


Feeding of two approximately 10 days old chicks, after adult first sighted brooding on 14July.




For what is it desired, for what is it eternal?




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