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Photo by axel1950
A male photographed on the island of La Digue in the Seychelles.

Terpsiphone corvina

[edit] Identification

20cm. Glossy black with a deep blue sheen. The upperparts of the females including wings and tail are red brown. The underparts are pale cream white. Facial skin, bill, and legs are blue.

[edit] Distribution

Seychelles.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forests and marshy areas near water.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a cup shaped nest of plant fibres bound with spiders' web and 1 egg is laid.

The diet includes winged insects and spiders, caught in mid-air or picked from leaves.

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