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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-red_broadbill>
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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>
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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>
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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>