Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Black-and-red broadbill

Black-and-red broadbill

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 1, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  10:02, 7 December 2021 (UTC)



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 2–3 eggs, but sometimes will have a fourth runt egg, and are incubated by both sexes, hatching in 21 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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 * Main editors: AryKun
 * Promoted: November 5, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: My first FA.
 * Support as nominator. AryKun (talk) 03:23, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Always good to see a unique bird. Great photo, too. Eewilson (talk) 07:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)