From Opus

Photo by kctsang
Singapore, October 2006

Rhinomyias brunneatus

[edit] Identification

15 cm

• Brown back, wings, and tail
• Brown-buff breast
• White mottled throat
• Tan eye-ring
• Pale yellow lower mandible

[edit] Distribution

Asia: China, India, Nicobar Islands
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher and both are sometimes placed in genus Cyornis.

[edit] Habitat

Bamboo undergrowth, low bushes in broadleaved evergreen forests; secondary forest and forest edges between 600 -1,600 m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.

[edit] Breeding

A cup-shaped nest is built in a shallow tree-cavity.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International
4. Answers.com

• List of references

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