Blue-billed Malimbe

Blue-billed MalimbeThe Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.What does it look like?The male is black with a scarlet patch on the throat and upper breast and a slightly curved blue bill. The female is similar but duller; the immature bird is browner with a dull orange patch.How does it live?The Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.It climbs along tree limbs while foraging for arthropods such as larvae, ants, grasshoppers, small beetles, and spiders. It sometimes also eats seeds or oil-palm fruit.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.