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Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

Photo by Steve G
Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, July, 2009

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.

External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages