image credit: Mr No Good
image credit: Mr No Good
image credit: animalworld.tumblr.com
image credit: pbase.com, Phil Liew
image credit: cs.birdwatchingdaily.com, Alex VargasHabitat: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Status: Least Concern
These breathtakingly beautiful birds are Black-and-Red Broadbills (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos). They have a black head, back, and tail feathers with crimson underparts. The bill is most striking, as it is a wonderful light turquoise on top with yellow underneath.
Now I couldn’t find any info on this but if you’ll notice in some of the pictures you can see long “hairs” near the birds’ faces. They almost look like Salvador Dali mustaches! Anyone know what those are? Or am I just going crazy…
It is finals week. Anything is possible…
