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| - | Small (7 inches = c. 17-18 cm) with a long tail, male and female identical, young birds less rufous (Hannecart & Letocart). Upperparts uniform olive-brown; slightly darker and more rufous on crown, wings, and tail; more olive grey on back. A conspicuous long white eyebrow from the base of the bill to the nape, brown eye-stripe and ear-coverts (slightly resembling an unstreaked European Whinchat Saxicola rubetra). Underparts creamy white with a pale-rufous wash, flanks brownish, more or less orange at the sides of the breast, often forming a faint rufous breast band. Iris brown; bill black; feet yellowish horn colour. Inside of mouth and throat black. | + | 17-18 cm. Long tail, male and female identical. Upperparts olive-brown; slightly darker and more rufous on crown, wings, and tail; more olive grey on back. Long white eyebrow from the base of the bill to the nape, brown eye-stripe and ear-coverts. Creamy white underparts with a pale-rufous wash, brown flanks, orange at the sides of breast, brown iris brown, black bill, yellow-horn, inside of mouth and throat black. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Found on New Caledonia only | + | [[New Caledonia]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Lives in the grassland and open heathlands, lowlands, and hills. | + | Ggrassland and open heathlands, lowlands, and hills. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | Nests on the ground, where an open cup of grass and other leaves is constructed in dense vegetation (e.g. ferns). The breeding season was supposed to be probably from October to November (Mayr), but Hannecart & Letocart (1983) report November to January. The 1 to 3 eggs are greyish-white, speckled with reddish-brown. On leaving the nest, the young move around on the forest floor like terrestrial birds and they are fed by one of the parents for several months. Adults and young are rarely seen outside the vegetation. It calls not infrequently, either a sharp tzik or a note like the purr of a kitten. It reportedly eats insects. | + | It nests on the ground, building an open cup of grass and other leaves in dense vegetation. 1 to 3 greyish-white, speckled with reddish-brown eggs are laid . |
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| | + | Diet includes insects. |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Megalurulus+mariae}} | | {{GSearch|Megalurulus+mariae}} |
| | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=77&bid=1421 View more images of this species on the ABID] | | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=77&bid=1421 View more images of this species on the ABID] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 18:21, 29 October 2007
- Megalurulus mariae
Identification
Identification:
17-18 cm. Long tail, male and female identical. Upperparts olive-brown; slightly darker and more rufous on crown, wings, and tail; more olive grey on back. Long white eyebrow from the base of the bill to the nape, brown eye-stripe and ear-coverts. Creamy white underparts with a pale-rufous wash, brown flanks, orange at the sides of breast, brown iris brown, black bill, yellow-horn, inside of mouth and throat black.
Distribution
New Caledonia
Taxonomy
Habitat
Ggrassland and open heathlands, lowlands, and hills.
Behaviour
It nests on the ground, building an open cup of grass and other leaves in dense vegetation. 1 to 3 greyish-white, speckled with reddish-brown eggs are laid .
Diet includes insects.
External Links
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