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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 46 cm. Dark green back, green uppertail edged with white, white belly and undertail barred black, black crown and throat, white lower face. Large red patch around the eye and the bill is green. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are much duller. | | 46 cm. Dark green back, green uppertail edged with white, white belly and undertail barred black, black crown and throat, white lower face. Large red patch around the eye and the bill is green. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are much duller. |
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| | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=460&Bird_Image_ID=4219&Bird_Family_ID=79 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=460&Bird_Image_ID=4219&Bird_Family_ID=79 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] |
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- Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Photo by Tanager
Location: Martin's Lodge, Sri Lanka
Identification
46 cm. Dark green back, green uppertail edged with white, white belly and undertail barred black, black crown and throat, white lower face. Large red patch around the eye and the bill is green. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are much duller.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dense forests.
Behaviour
It nests in a tree, 2-3 eggs are laid.
Its diet includes caterpillars, giant stick insects, mantises and small vertebrates such as lizard. It occasionally eats berries.
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