Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)

Other Names (World)
Black-and-red Broadbill, Common Rouge-et-noir Bird, Allied Broadbill, Arakan Black-and-red Broadbill (affinis)

Family
Eurylaimidae (Typical Broadbills)

Size
20 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Primary and secondary lowland dipterocarp forest usually near moving water in riverine and peatswamp forest, mangroves, plantations. From sea-level - 750 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (E), Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs.

Food
Small fruits, insects and other small invertebrates.

Voice
A low-key rasping, checkling 'krrk krrk krrk', the short notes repeated. Also, but less often, an accelerating, raspy cicada-like trill.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [XC68087]
by Frank Lambert from Sumatra, Way Kambas, Indonesia (call)

Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [XC42610]
by Sander Pieterse from Khao Nor Chu Chi, Krabi, Thailand (call, song)

Nest
Large, untidy ball-shaped, composed of twigs, leaves and other plant materials, suspended from a branch over water. Looks like flood debris.

Eggs (Guide)
2; pale pink with darker speckles.

Subspecies
Considerable individual variation throughout most of range renders defining of geographical subspecies difficult; apparent general clinal trend in certain characters, such as increase in size and decrease in amount of white in tail from north to south, but no constant differences between populations. Variation in characters used to define subspecies requires further study. Described subspecies lemniscatus (Sumatra, Bangka I and Belitung I) and tenebrosus (south-eastern Sumatra) considered synonymous with nominate; siamensis possibly inseparable from malaccensis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

affinis Blyth, 1846 - South-western Myanmar. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Irrawaddy Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus affinis).
siamensis Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 - Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), south-western and southern Thailand (except extreme south), Cambodia, southern Laos and southern Vietnam.
malaccensis Salvadori, 1874 - Extreme southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia; formerly also Singapore.
macrorhynchos (Gmelin, 1788) - Sumatra, Bangka I, Belitung I, and Borneo (including Pulau Laut, off southern coast).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) - 10 files

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