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;Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | ;Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | ||
==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. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Sri Lanka]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dense forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It nests in a tree, 2-3 eggs are laid. | ||
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| + | Its diet includes caterpillars, giant stick insects, mantises and small vertebrates such as lizard. It occasionally eats berries. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Phaenicophaeus+pyrrhocephalus}} | {{GSearch|Phaenicophaeus+pyrrhocephalus}} | ||
*[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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Revision as of 16:44, 20 November 2007
- Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
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
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.
