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Terpsiphone bourbonnensis

[edit] Identification

Male head iridiscent dark blue with a large crest. Female head greyish blue with smaller crest.

[edit] Distribution

Mauritius

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forest

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects caught in flight.

3 spotted eggs are laid in a carefully made, cup-shaped nest of thin plant parts held by cobwebs. Nest placed in dense vegetation some 3 metres above ground. Male and female sit on the eggs. Hatching time some 12 days. Young stay a further fortnight in the nest.

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