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| | [[Image:IMG 3087 pygymy tit birdforum.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|happylimpet|happylimpet}}<br>Cibodas, [[Java]], [[Indonesia]], June 2010]] | | [[Image:IMG 3087 pygymy tit birdforum.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|happylimpet|happylimpet}}<br>Cibodas, [[Java]], [[Indonesia]], June 2010]] |
| | '''Alternative name: Pygmy Bushtit''' | | '''Alternative name: Pygmy Bushtit''' |
| | ;[[: Category:Psaltria|Psaltria]] exilis | | ;[[: Category:Psaltria|Psaltria]] exilis |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | | + | 8.5cm. A tiny bird with a long tail. |
| | + | * Drab greyish-brown head |
| | + | * Short, stubby, broad-based bill |
| | + | * Medium grey upperparts with brownish tinge |
| | + | * Dull grey-brown, long tail |
| | + | * Light grey chin and throat, mottled and bordered below with pale pinkish-buff |
| | + | * Pale dull pinkish-buff underparts |
| | + | Sexes similar. Juveniles not yet described but thought to be similar to adults. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | It is endemic to [[Java]], [[Indonesia]]. | + | Endemic to the mountains of western and central [[Java]], [[Indonesia]].<br> |
| | + | A locally common restricted-range species. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | It is a monotypic species. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. | + | Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.<br /> |
| | + | Found above 1000m, sometimes lower. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds on insects.<br> |
| | + | Forages often in lower levels of forest, actively travelling in small flocks.<br> |
| | + | Breeding season from March to May and from August to November. The nest is a suspended pouch made of leaves and grass with an entrance hole near the top. It's concealed in foliage and suspended 3-8m above the ground. Lays 2-3 eggs.<br> |
| | + | A resident species. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Psaltria+exilis}} | | {{GSearch|Psaltria+exilis}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Psaltria]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Psaltria]] |
Current revision
Alternative name: Pygmy Bushtit
- Psaltria exilis
[edit] Identification
8.5cm. A tiny bird with a long tail.
- Drab greyish-brown head
- Short, stubby, broad-based bill
- Medium grey upperparts with brownish tinge
- Dull grey-brown, long tail
- Light grey chin and throat, mottled and bordered below with pale pinkish-buff
- Pale dull pinkish-buff underparts
Sexes similar. Juveniles not yet described but thought to be similar to adults.
[edit] Distribution
Endemic to the mountains of western and central Java, Indonesia.
A locally common restricted-range species.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
[edit] Habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Found above 1000m, sometimes lower.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on insects.
Forages often in lower levels of forest, actively travelling in small flocks.
Breeding season from March to May and from August to November. The nest is a suspended pouch made of leaves and grass with an entrance hole near the top. It's concealed in foliage and suspended 3-8m above the ground. Lays 2-3 eggs.
A resident species.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
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