[1] Pyrorchis nigricans, commonly known as red beaks, is a species of orchid endemic to Australia and is found in all Australian states except Queensland and the Northern Territory.

It usually only flowers after hot fires.Pyrorchis nigricans is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single dark green leaf with red markings.

The dorsal sepal is light coloured with reddish stripes, broad lance-shaped and 20–25 mm (0.8–1 in) long with its edges turned inwards.

[2][3][4][5] Red beaks was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Lyperanthus nigricans and published the description in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.

[1][8] The specific epithet (nigricans) is a Latin word meaning "blackish", "swarthy" or "dark",[9] alluding to the fact that all parts of the plant turn jet black as they age or during the drying process.