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Rollulus rouloul

[edit] Identification

25cm

• Bare scarlet eye skin
• Red legs

Male

• Slightly larger
• Metallic green upperparts
• Glossy dark blue below
• Brown wing panel
• Tall red crest
• White spot on forehead
• Black frontal bristles

Female

• Green body
• Grey head
• Brown wing coverts
• Dark bill

[edit] Distribution

South Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, south Thailand, and Borneo.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland rainforests.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in a ground scrape which it lines with leaves, hidden under leaf litter. 5-6 white eggs are laid and are incubated for 18 days.

The diet includes invertebrates, seeds and fruit.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song: whistled si-ul.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links