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Sericornis magnirostra

Race: viridior; Photo by: Mat & Cathy
Location: Mt Hypipamee, nr Atherton, Queensland, Australia, July, 2009

[edit] Identification

Large dark red-brown eye, pale buff face, upperparts olive-brown, red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Australia east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory.

[edit] Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]: magnirostra, viridior, and howei.

[edit] Habitat

Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects and spiders, which it forages for by working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor.

It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID