Forbes’s Blackbird is a dark bird found in two separate parts of Brazil. It has a long tail and short wings, and the red inside its mouth can show when it sings.
Its plumage is sooty black rather than glossy, with a long tail and short wings. It opens its bill widely when singing, showing a red mouth lining; males have longer wings and tails on average than females.
It eats fruit, seeds, and insects, foraging on the ground or in grass. It also uses forest edges, adjacent wetlands, and sugarcane fields.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.