The black-and-red broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) is a bird in the Asian broadbill family that is found in Indochina, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is the only species in the genus Cymbirhynchus. It inhabits lowland forests near water, along with disturbed habitats and secondary forests. A large and distinctive bird, it has maroon underparts, black upperparts, and a maroon neck-band, along with a blue and yellow beak. Females are slightly smaller than males. It feeds on insects, fish, mollusks, snails, and crustaceans. It breeds in the dry season, building a large and conspicuous nest over water. Clutches usually have two or three eggs, but sometimes will have a fourth runt egg, and are incubated by both sexes, hatching in twenty-one days. Due to its extensive range and large population, the black-and-red broadbill is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN. They are threatened by deforestation, trapping for the songbird trade, and hunting.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: The town of Norfolk, Virginia, was burned and destroyed by the combined actions of British and Whig forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Norfolk
1945:
Second World War: The Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte in an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte
1965:
The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, which later helped the country become a republic, was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan
2019:
The NASA space probe New Horizons flew by the trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, making it the farthest object visited by a spacecraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
calends: 1. Often with initial capital: the first day of a month, particularly (Ancient Rome, historical) the first day of a month of the Roman calendar. 2. (by extension) A day for settling debts and other accounts. 3. (by extension, biblical, Judaism, obsolete) Synonym of Rosh Hodesh (“the Jewish festival of the new moon, which begins the months of the Hebrew calendar”) 4. (rare) Synonym of calendar; (figuratively) an account, a record. 5. (figuratively, obsolete) The first day of something; a beginning. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calends
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm not looking forward to death; it's important to live while we are here. But those who have died, my mother said, now they know the secret. And someday we all will. --Betty White https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Betty_White